The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams Your Phone Isn’t Safe Right Now
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Mar 20, 2026 Rising geopolitical tensions are making phone data a personal safety risk. The conversation covers how apps, location trails, and fake profiles can be used to track and lure people. Practical topics include stripping down apps, auditing permissions, using local devices and SIMs, enabling strong account defenses, and keeping offline backups and hard-copy contacts.
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Use A Local Device And Separate Work Phones
- Use a local economy phone and SIM when overseas and separate work and personal devices to reduce linking and exposure.
- Sarah Adams recommends 100% getting local hardware and keeping work on a separate device from personal use.
Enable Multi Factor Authentication Everywhere
- Enable multi-factor authentication on email, banking, and cloud accounts to add a critical defense layer if credentials are stolen.
- Sarah Adams emphasizes MFA protects cloud-stored documents and other sensitive data you may not realize are accessible.
Avoid Public Wi Fi And Disable Bluetooth
- Avoid public Wi-Fi, use VPNs cautiously, and turn off Bluetooth to prevent proximity tracking and device detection.
- Sarah Adams warns VPNs can leak and Bluetooth signals can be used to detect and track your device from nearby devices.