Apple’s grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won’t help you spell
Apple restricts over 100,000 words and phrases from predictive text autocomplete, including politically sensitive terms, drug references, and sexual content. Researcher Derik Kauffman discovered the "grey list" encoded in iOS. Apple states this avoids offensive suggestions, though users can still type manually.
Key signals
- 01Over 100,000 phrases blocked from autocomplete
- 02Includes politically sensitive and explicit terms
- 03Apple cites avoiding offensive suggestions
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There are more than 100,000 words and phrases that the tech giant has restricted its predictive text from completing, research shows
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