Apple’s grey list: Words and phrases your iPhone won’t help you spell
Summary
The Guardian reports on Apple’s grey list, a large set of words and phrases that iPhone predictive text will not autocomplete or swipe-typely complete. It highlights examples ranging from crude phrases to politically charged terms, including references to Trayvon Martin, Kashmir, and the Hamas movement, illustrating how autocorrect shapes user speech and potentially censors sensitive content. The piece discusses how the list was uncovered by researcher Derik Kauffman and situates this mechanism within the evolution of autocorrect tech and its memory of policies.