What is the ruling on using computer applications and services that rely on prediction, such as predictive keyboards, browsers that predict words, and the "Google Now" service which anticipates information based on previous usage?
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Predicting words in computer programs or knowing the weather via phone is not a claim to knowledge of the unseen. These programs are pre-programmed based on majority expectations to facilitate usage, and there is no harm in that.
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