While an inanimate object such as a cell phone cannot be either moral or ethical, the usage of it can present certain ethical dilemmas. One of the most salient is the invasion of one's privacy and personal freedoms. For instance, people surreptitiously photgraph and record others without their knowing it. Then, these recordings are employed in plots against the people such as the cases of students taping their teachers only at certain moments so that they can manipulate the teacher's words, taken out of context, to implicate the teacher in order to retaliate against the disciplinary measures of the teacher, etc. Likewise, photos of people, taken out of context--or even in context--can implicate them in various ways. In schools, cell phones are used for cheating, also: students photograph tests, text each other answers, etc., or they look up answers on search engines when they have phones that access the internet.
In another example, without people's knowledge, sexually perverted people can "steal" photographs of people without their knowledge. Or, treacherous people can use photographs or taped words stolen from private moments of people in order to extort money from them. Photos of credit cards have been taken and card numbers have been used to purchase merchandise illegally.
While the unethical use of cell phones has negatively affected society, there are certainly many positive affects, such as the access of significant information that can enable investigators in the solving of crimes.
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