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iOS Apparently Maintains a List of 4,500+ Phrases It Won’t Autocomplete

Everything from "smoking weed" to "Tibetan independence."

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iOS Apparently Maintains a List of 4,500+ Phrases It Won’t Autocomplete
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Everyone knows how ducking frustrating it can be trying to swear in an iPhone message, but did you know that Apple’s prudishness goes well beyond just trying to steer you away from using naughty words? Beyond the words it actively autocorrects to something else, new research suggests that iOS maintains what researcher Derik Kauffman calls a “gray list”—phrases that it will never suggest, no matter how often you type them, and will often…

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