[Tilted Irish Kilt]

pluvmantelo:" I’m wondering if going back to using a pager would be of any use to avoid the tracking."

Even a pager, using any power , is looking for a signal
The only way to incapacitate any signal looking device is : to remove the battery !
Remember when the Press would fly on Air Force One .. the first thing upon entering was surrender of all cell phones, and battery removed .
With the battery still in the device , it still searches for a signal, even when turned off .

[pluvmantelo]

I was wondering if there was any extra difficulty acquiring the signal history of a pager as opposed to a cell phone. Most likely the spooks have long been archiving pager info, though.

[upchuck]

The only way to incapacitate any signal looking device is : to remove the battery !

After researching this a little and watching some YouTube videos I discovered that removing the battery will most likely NOT get the job done. Because the GPS circuitry inside the phone is powered by another battery that you can't get to.

However, you can make your phone invisible by putting it in a mylar potato chip bag. The bag forms a "Faraday Cage" which prevents receiving and sending radio signals.

[Star Traveler]

How did they do that with iPhones?