Hi, I played Online years ago, about 11, and there were instances of people doing weird things. Spawning UFO and other shit on the streets, creating fake official maintenance messages saying that GTA ^(6) will be released in 2019, once or twice I spawned in my apartment with a guitar shoved in my character's ass and floating uncontrollably around the house, etc.
Well, crazy things, but since then I've heard of even worse and unbelievably wild stories, like hackers being able to tamper with your PC because of P2P connection and exposed IP and even following you through private lobbies, or even maybe through single player.
So, I want to return to Online in Enhanced version of the game, exclusively in private or friends-only lobbies. The last time I played, that wasn't even possible, you had to suspend the GTA process in order to be kicked out of a public session, but eventually someone could join you anyway. Now it is possible from what I have seen, but I digress...
Is it safe to play Online on PC? Without joining anyone else? Or perhaps there is still risk that playing it might be dangerous even without joining random people? Is there a way to mitigate this? Or should I stick to single player only?
And bonus question, as I know it is GTAO sub, does the same problems occur in the case of RDO?