I Dumped Apple's Fucking Word List - Helge Sverre

An analysis of macOS system dictionaries reveals that Apple uses hidden category and meta flags within Lexicon.framework to categorize hundreds of words by vulgarity, offense level, and sensitive topics such as politics. The author details how these private flags operate, points out specific anomalies like the political figure Trump being flagged as sensitive, and provides C and Swift code to dump the uncensored word lists across multiple languages. Open article →