Why you might want to wrap your car fob in foil

By Phoebe Wall Howard

To protect a car from theft during the day, wrap the fob in aluminum foil. (Cameron Pollack/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

Given that the best way to store your car keys at night is by putting them in a coffee can, what's an ex-FBI agent's advice to protect cars from theft during the day? 

Wrap car fobs in aluminium foil. 

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