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Your phone lets the nearest cell tower know it's there by responding to a "ping" from the tower. It will also respond to pinging from other equipment -- which can then triangulate on the location of the phone.
May be of interest.
I doubt such technology is terribly useful against wanted criminals. Only a total idiot would carry around a cell phone that is directly associated with them, while trying to avoid law enforcement.
I suppose one of those ‘throw away’ cell phones would be the way to go for someone looking to avoid being tracked.
Batman does it.
Isn’t doing this without a warrant technically a felony?