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by brianbarker 4188 days ago
A flip phone doesn't really stop surveillance. They still track where you are, who you call. Sure, maybe no app data, but since you don't use Facebook and such that data wouldn't be there anyway.
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A faraday bag probably helps to reduce the tracking: http://killyourphone.com/
Thats an art project about raising awareness. Just turn the phone off.
Just turn the phone off hasn't been enough for 10+ years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-gr...

  By September 2004, a new NSA technique enabled the agency to find cellphones even
  when they were turned off. JSOC troops called this “The Find,”
... by removing the battery.
Some paranoid peoples claim there are batteries inside SOICs that still can provide data.