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by JCattheATM 69 days ago
> players have always been able to easily doxx one another, know where other players live,

That sounds unlikely.
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The_SamminAter 66 days ago
The actual case is that GTA Online sessions are P2P. As such, when connected to a session, your IP is exposed to the other players. This doesn’t really qualify as a ‘doxx,’ as that in and of itself is not particularly PII. Furthermore, playing without a menu is possible and has been for years. It just helps to boot yourself into a new/empty session every once in a while.
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shaewest 66 days ago
From what I recall, while the sessions are P2P, they've implemented proxies between players to prevent the old problem of IPs being exposed.
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