R. Eliezer says: "upon your hand": upon the upper arm. You say upon the upper arm, but perhaps the hand (literally [i.e., the palm]) is meant? It is, therefore, written (Ibid.) "to you as a sign, and not to others as a sign" (i.e., the palm is generally exposed; the upper arm, not.)
Rabbi Eliezer Says Tefillin Must Be Hidden as a Private Sign
Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 17:24