GTA Online players worry GTA 6 is the only thing that can prevent a "never-ending stream of security flaws"

gamesradar.com:

Rockstar Game's latest brush with GTA Online modders has been resolved, with a security-focused patch remedying an exploit that could wipe away everything you've earned over the years in an instant. For the Los Santos faithful caught in between, though, it's another twist in the ongoing tale that's been unfolding over the past ten years. While GTA Online has felt safer to play on PC since the update, the feeling lingers that the protections introduced could have come sooner.

"Rockstar has once again done the bare minimum to patch a fundamentally flawed system, but it is better than nothing," popular Grand Theft Auto V speedrunner and streamer DarkViperAU (opens in new tab) tells me. "A lot of this just should have been corrected half a decade ago, but it would be unrealistic to expect grand changes this late in the game's life."

Since the update went live, players have been dipping in to see how it affects how they interact with Los Santos. You can play GTA Online through public lobbies that are more lucrative regarding open-world event rewards, or within private lobbies with friends that sacrifice in-game gains for a reprieve from the chaos brought about by strangers. The latter, though, appears to have benefited more than the former.

"[The patch] should allow streamers to play without being directly targeted, and it should allow players to hide in Invite Only or Friends Only lobbies, like you would expect if a mod user is harassing them," another GTA Online personality, Speyedr (opens in new tab), tells me, suggesting what's included in the patch is a "good step forward" for players, "if a little late". 

Speyedr is currently maintaining and improving upon a popular, long-running harassment-prevention tool called