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Cai's game profile and settings

Cai, BlocDref and Ysgol Cwm Derw are all invented. BlocDref is a made-up block-building game with a chat feature, like many real ones. The settings are the kind real games and apps have.

Part 1 — Cai's profile, as anyone in the world can see it

Username	caipritchard2014
Profile picture	A selfie of Cai in his school jumper. The Ysgol Cwm Derw badge and the school's name are easy to read.
About me	“Cai, 12. Year 7 at Ysgol Cwm Derw, Bangor. Left wing for Bangor Juniors, Saturdays 10am on the top pitch. My dog Bella is the best.”
Birthday	14 March (shown on profile)
Status	Last seen near Heol y Coleg, Bangor — 4 minutes ago
Friends	312 friends. Cai has met about 30 of them in real life. The rest he has played with online, some only once.
Latest post	“Home on my own every Tuesday till 6 — anyone want to build?”
Photos	14 photos, mostly of Bella the dog, including one of Bella outside Cai's front door with the house number showing.

Part 2 — Cai's settings screen today

No.	Setting	Choices	Cai has chosen
1	Who can see my profile	Everyone · Friends only · Only me	Everyone
2	Who can send me messages	Everyone · Friends only · No one	Everyone
3	Share my location	Always · Only while using the app · Never	Always
4	Show my birthday on my profile	On · Off	On
5	Who can see my friends list	Everyone · Friends only · Only me	Everyone
6	Who can invite me into their game	Everyone · Friends only · No one	Everyone
7	2-step verification (a code sent to a phone or email as well as the password)	On · Off	Off
8	Keep me logged in on this device	On · Off	On — and he sometimes plays on the computers in the town library

Part 3 — advice from the experts

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the part of the UK government that helps people stay safe online. Its advice on passwords says:

Make a password from three random words, for example applenemobiro. It is long enough to be strong and easy enough to remember.
Avoid the most common passwords, birthdays and other important dates, favourite sports teams, and family or pet names. Most of those can be found on your social media profile.
Swapping letters for numbers or symbols, like 0 for o, does not make a password much stronger. Criminals know those tricks too.
Your email password should be different from all your other passwords, because anyone who gets into your email can reset everything else.
Turn on 2-step verification wherever you can.
Writing a password down is OK if you keep it somewhere safe. Saving passwords in your browser or a password manager is also a good idea.

Most social media apps say you must be at least 13 to have an account. Games, school accounts and messaging still have passwords and privacy settings, so this advice matters at any age.