Is it safe to play online again, even invite only sessions?

[ted bundy (they/them)]

Seriously, I haven't played in weeks and I'm thinking of uninstalling :\

[Harley ᓄᓂᖅ]

Yes and no. I say that because everyone is throwing out different answers.

I recommend you install guardian and use a VPN if you are wanting to play GTA Online. Rather be safe than sorry.

Stay safe online! :D

[maebumbles]

Stand mod menu can help a bit. It has protections and can unbrick your account.

[Doug chase hates truckersmp.com]

online is ok good luck with HACKERS they will BUG YOU SO BAD

[LQIM]

Originally posted by Nuniq 努尼格:

Yes and no. I say that because everyone is throwing out different answers.

I recommend you install guardian and use a VPN if you are wanting to play GTA Online. Rather be safe than sorry.

Stay safe online! :D

VPNs can't stop someone from using an RCE on you. Better safe than sorry necessities offline play rn

[Harley ᓄᓂᖅ]

Originally posted by IHTA:

Originally posted by Nuniq 努尼格:

Yes and no. I say that because everyone is throwing out different answers.

I recommend you install guardian and use a VPN if you are wanting to play GTA Online. Rather be safe than sorry.

Stay safe online! :D

VPNs can't stop someone from using an RCE on you. Better safe than sorry necessities offline play rn

No, but certain mod menus can display someone's ip, risking a DDoS attack which is why I use one all the time when on GTA Online and why I strongly recommend one. :D

[Zero McDol]

It's never going to be safe OP, so here it is.

Cheaters can join your invite-only session with their mod menu's. Going to an invite only session will do nothing. Forget about RCE for now, it hasn't happened yet so it isn't currently a threat.

Cheaters can level up your character, drop money on you, unlock your achievements, and who knows what else. If you don't care about that sort of stuff happening, if a cheater shows up in your session, then by all means, go to an invite-only session without a firewall rule.

[globefish23]

Only with blocked ports in an invite-only session.

[!D|07-$y573M#38794]

no just uninstall

[Neocyn]

If someone has your RID (your public account identifier) by any means, they can join your invite/solo session just fine, and you'd be toast. Invite only is not a security measure.

It's possible that as long as someone sees you as being online, they could force-join your session. For any random player the chance of this is very small. However, if you believe you could be targeted by some "bad hombre" then you must employ mitigations.

Note that things like Swapping character can and often does put you into a public session so having mitigations in place is a very good idea.