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Apple’s Hidden ‘Gray List’: 100,000 Words and Phrases You Won’t Find in iPhone Autocomplete

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Apple’s Hidden ‘Gray List’: 100,000 Words and Phrases You Won’t Find in iPhone Autocomplete

Apple Autocomplete Gray List Holds 100,000 Phrases

Technology Org

Apple Autocomplete Gray List Holds 100,000 Phrases

A researcher found an Apple autocomplete gray list of about 100,000 words and phrases, including political ones like 'Dictator Trump'.

The iPhone has a 'gray list' of words and phrases that won't auto-complete

TechRadar

The iPhone has a 'gray list' of words and phrases that won't auto-complete

Try and type out phrases like "sleepy Joe", "dictator Trump", or "Tibetan independence" on your iPhone, and you'll notice that you don't get auto-complete suggestions for them, and you can't...

Swipeblocked Reveals Words Apple’s iPhone Keyboard Won’t Suggest

TUAW

Swipeblocked Reveals Words Apple’s iPhone Keyboard Won’t Suggest

Apple’s iPhone keyboard has a hidden collection of words and phrases it avoids suggesting. A website called Swipeblocked has now brought these restrictions into the spotlight. The discovery...

Revealed: Apple’s secret list of slurs, insults, and political phrases that can’t be swiped

Macworld

Revealed: Apple’s secret list of slurs, insults, and political phrases that can’t be swiped

Macworld According to a research project by Derik Kauffman, Apple has a built-in list of words and phrases that the keyboard suggested words will never complete, and the...

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