# The Spy in Your Pocket: What Your Ex Already Knows (featuring Steven Bradley)

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Podcast: [Not Saving It For Later - Guiding Women Through Divorce & Beyond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/not-saving-it-for-later-guiding-women-through-divorce-beyond-7583647)
Published: 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hannah-hembree-bell/episodes/The-Spy-in-Your-Pocket-What-Your-Ex-Already-Knows-featuring-Steven-Bradley-e3c7kl2
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## Resource

(featuring Steven Bradley, “The Tech Cowboy”) Hannah sits down with former FBI investigator and certified “Tech Cowboy” Steven Bradley — a digital safety expert who has seen every trick, trap, and tech-enabled manipulation used in divorces and abusive relationships. If you’re anywhere near divorce — contemplating it, in the thick of separation, or rebuilding after — this episode is a wake-up call you cannot skip. Steven exposes the invisible ways technology gets weaponized: tracking, cloning phones, spying through Alexa, manipulating text messages, hijacking your Wi-Fi, pulling your location from your AirPods, and even rewriting the narrative inside co-parenting communication. If you’ve ever had the gut feeling he knows too much… or things just feel off … you’re not crazy. And you’re not helpless. This episode teaches you the digital safety steps every woman should take — with or without conflict — so you can reclaim your privacy, your safety, and your peace. 00:00 – Why Technology Is the New Battlefield in Divorce 02:00 – Steven’s Background in FBI Cyber & Domestic Crimes 03:00 – How Your Passwords, Security Questions & Shared Accounts Put You at Risk 05:40 – What’s at Stake If You Ignore Digital Safety 08:50 – Lock It Down: The First Safety Steps Every Woman Should Take 12:10 – The One Thing Almost Everyone Forgets to Change 14:35 – How to Time Your Security Changes Without Starting a War 17:52 – When You’re in a High-Conflict Situation: Advanced Protection 20:25 – Spyware, Stalkerware & Phone Cloning 23:00 – The First 3–4 Months After Separation: The Most Dangerous Window 29:19 – Car Trackers, AirPods, and “Find My” Manipulation 31:59 – Validation: You’re Not Crazy 34:37 – What Lawyers Don’t Understand (Yet) About Tech Abuse 38:09 – Preventative Tech Bou…

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