ABSTRACT

The connection between justice and technology seems to be very much at the center of public attention. In the United States (the setting of my chapter) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has gone to court to force Apple to unlock the iPhone of a terrorist. Apple in reply filed a motion to vacate the court’s order that Apple comply. The supporting arguments of the two parties turned mainly on security and privacy, though it’s unclear from the arguments how and by whom security is best protected, and commentators have suggested that Apple was really interested in its prosperity rather than in the public’s security and their users’ privacy. But then technology passed justice. The FBI found a way to unlock the phone and dropped the case against Apple.