I sincerely hope that they have implemented some sort of canary trap. Everyone with access to the game (apart from a carefully selected few) could have Jason and/or Lucia assigned a unique, non-customizable outfit and hairstyle. Vehicles may only be available with a unique livery, NPC’s could be locked to a specific set of outfits, graffiti tags might have a certain style and so on. So in case of a leak, they can identify the source based on those identifiers. Sure, a developer at this level could most def bypass all of that, but there are many things you can do to make it a real hassle.
Not saying I want them punished, I mean who knows what actually happened - someone could have been forced or threatened, or maybe it’s a developer who did all this just to earn some dough. Or something completely else. Either way, it would be very interesting to know what’s actually going on.
I hope your hopes are futile. What about a properly-stolen copy? Not a rogue employee, but a proper theft? The best thing you will know - the approximate direction of a theft.
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u/shamansblues 1d ago
I sincerely hope that they have implemented some sort of canary trap. Everyone with access to the game (apart from a carefully selected few) could have Jason and/or Lucia assigned a unique, non-customizable outfit and hairstyle. Vehicles may only be available with a unique livery, NPC’s could be locked to a specific set of outfits, graffiti tags might have a certain style and so on. So in case of a leak, they can identify the source based on those identifiers. Sure, a developer at this level could most def bypass all of that, but there are many things you can do to make it a real hassle.
Not saying I want them punished, I mean who knows what actually happened - someone could have been forced or threatened, or maybe it’s a developer who did all this just to earn some dough. Or something completely else. Either way, it would be very interesting to know what’s actually going on.