Since the smartphone arrived in 2007, it has been engineered not merely as a tool but as an extension of the self — fitting the palm, responding to bare skin, folding seamlessly into the rhythms of daily life. Now, in a quiet reversal, a growing movement seeks to create deliberate distance from these devices through lockable pouches, school bans, and even retro landline accessories that tether the phone to a fixed spot. Yet this impulse to disconnect, however sincere, carries within it an unexamined assumption: that safety can be taken for granted. For many, particularly women navigating a wor