8 Things You Need to Know About Mr. Robot Season 2

While it won't directly incorporate elements of Apple CEO Tim Cook's battle with the feds over not unlocking the phones of the San Bernadino shooters, season two is influenced by the news item. "I think it's a really important issue that we’re going to really get into in the next ten years, and it’s not something that I think people really understand the nuances of," Esmail said at SXSW. "It really brings up that idea of the rights to privacy, and do we have that or do we not?"