{"id":"sec-hs-gaming-account-lockdown","audience":"high-school","category":"security","track":"security","technique":"grounding","title":"Lock down your gaming account using the help page","free":false,"task":"Your gaming account got logged into from somewhere you've never been. Write exactly 4 numbered steps to lock it down, in the order the help page gives them, each under 15 words, using only the help page's current steps. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"The alert and the game's help page (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Alert email from Questline (made-up game for this exercise):\n\"New sign-in to your account from a device in another country on Nov 5 at 11:40 pm. If this wasn't you, secure your account now.\"\n(You were asleep. You checked the sender: it's from the real support address you've seen before, and you went to the site by typing it yourself.)\n\nQuestline help page - \"If someone else signed in\" (updated Oct 2026):\nStep 1. Change your password at questline.example.com/account. Use one you don't use anywhere else.\nStep 2. Select \"Sign out of all devices\".\nStep 3. Turn on two-step sign-in with an authenticator app. (Text-message codes were removed in September.)\nStep 4. Check \"Linked accounts\" and remove anything you don't recognize.\nOlder version of this page (archived): \"Answer your security questions to verify your identity.\"\n\nYour friend says: \"just make a new account, it's easier.\" You'd lose 2 years of progress.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Generic tips","why":"The AI adds 'use antivirus' and 'watch out for phishing' instead of the game's steps.","fix":"Say: \"Only the help page's current steps, in its order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Old instructions","why":"The AI includes text-message codes or security questions from older pages.","fix":"Add: \"Text codes were removed; ignore the archived page.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Too much text","why":"The AI explains every step.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered steps, each under 12 words, starting with a verb.\"","checks":["r2","numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Letting markdown in","why":"AI adds bold and headings by default, and in your notes they show up as stray symbols.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the help page","patterns":["help page","only","current"]},{"label":"Keeps the order","patterns":["order","same order","in sequence"]},{"label":"Drops old steps","patterns":["text(-message)? codes","archived","old","security questions"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b4\\b.{0,25}(step|line|item)","exactly (4|four)"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"The game's own help page knows its current steps better than general advice does. Tell the AI to use only that page, in its order, and skip the old version.","rubricLabels":["The 4 steps are in the help page's order: change the password (one not used anywhere else), sign out of all devices, turn on two-step sign-in with an authenticator app, check and remove unknown linked accounts","Does not mention text-message codes as an option, security questions, or making a new account","Each step is a short instruction starting with a verb"]}