My password has a total of 58 characters in it. If one counts spaces, the total rises to 69 integers. How safe is that? Do spaces count?

Yes, spaces do count. And yes, you can conclude that you are in excellent shape (at least security wise) when using a password consisting of 69 characters.

When entering a password, note that ShyFile will only recognize those characters that mount up to a sum that is dividable by 32, which means that if a password consists of 33, 34, 35 or 36 characters, all the characters that exceed 32 do not come into effect unless they mount up to 64. Likewise, all characters that exceed 64 do not come into effect unless they reach 96 characters, and so on... In your case, the 65th character through the 69th do not count.

Every 32-character-segment will take you a notch higher in quality, i.e. the depth of encryption is increased by 192 bits. In your case, you have reached 384 bits (two 32-character segments), which is, when it comes to symmetric encryption, quite enough. The best technology available could not crack that.

If your password was indeed only 58 characters long (which it is not - because spaces do count) the 33rd through the 58th character would not come into effect and you would have reached only 192 bits (which is still good though).

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