FlexiLingo
iPhone censors your typing
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Your iPhone has a secret list. More than 100,000 words it won't help you type. Our researcher named Derek Kaufman found it after his swipe typing kept stumbling over certain words. A second engineer checked his work and got a near perfect match. Now you can still type anything yourself but autocomplete
won't suggest these words and swiping won't produce them either. Swear words sure but also Auschwitz, Hooters, even dictator Trump and sleepy Joe. Apple says it's avoiding offensive suggestions. Here's my take.
I don't mind Apple keeping my phone from blurting out something embarrassing. I do mind a secret list nobody gets to see. Publish it, mark my words.
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