Apple keyboard graylist of over 100,000 words and phrases draws notice
What happened
On November 8, Hacker News' front page reported that independent researcher Derik Kauffman found a graylist of more than 100,000 words and phrases in Apple's operating systems, used to limit predictive text completion on the iPhone. The list covers drug, sexual and political expressions. The report says swipe typing may also be affected, for example changing "United Ireland" to "United Iceland". Apple says the keyboard aims to avoid offering inappropriate or offensive predictions, and that users can still type letter by letter or override a prediction.
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- Hacker News front pageApple’s grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won’t help you spell
独立研究者 Derik Kauffman 在 Apple 操作系统中发现包含超过 100,000 个词语和短语的灰名单，限制 iPhone 的预测文本补全。名单涉及毒品、性行为及政治相关表达，滑动输入也可能受影响，例如将“United Ireland”改为“United Iceland”。Apple 表示，键盘旨在避免提供不当或冒犯性的预测建议，用户仍可逐字输入或覆盖预测建议。
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