{"id":8864,"date":"2026-02-13T19:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:37:05","slug":"why-police-recommend-wrapping-your-car-keys-in-aluminum-foil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=8864","title":{"rendered":"Why Police Recommend Wrapping Your Car Keys in Aluminum Foil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"106\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"104\">Police Alert: Protect Your Keyless Car!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"225\">Modern keyless cars emit signals thieves can capture in a <strong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"182\">relay attack<\/strong>, unlocking your car in under 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"251\"><strong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"249\">Simple protection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"439\">\n<li data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"311\">\n<p data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"311\">Wrap your key fob in <strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"292\">aluminum foil<\/strong> (Faraday shield)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"363\">\n<p data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"363\">Use <strong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"337\">Faraday pouches<\/strong> or signal-blocker cases<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"401\">\n<p data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"401\">Keep keys away from doors\/windows<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"439\">\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"439\">Disable keyless entry if possible<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"557\">SUVs, push-start cars, and luxury vehicles are most targeted. Some cities report <strong data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"544\">up to 60% increase<\/strong> in thefts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"609\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\ud83d\udca1 A $0.30 foil wrap could prevent a $30,000 loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 Police Alert: Protect Your Keyless Car! Modern keyless cars emit signals thieves can capture in a relay attack, unlocking your car in under 30 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=8864\" title=\"Why Police Recommend Wrapping Your Car Keys in Aluminum Foil\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8867,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8864\/revisions\/8867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}