If you aren't one of those people that constantly freeze, put your character into passive mode before you sign off. I'm fairly certain that if you sign in again the next day, you'll still be in passive mode. I'm just surprised that R* hasn't done anything about the new methods people are using to get inside. Things like automatic player and vehicle god mode, as well as disabling the weapon wheel for ALL players inside the same property will benefit innocent players.
I'm pretty sure it resets after you've left GTA Online. I'm almost always in passive mode and if I exit to story mode and come back I have to go back in passive mode.
On a side note, I think I've figured out how to distract people from killing you. I was just drifting around the streets in my Futo, minding my own business, then I reached the car park for my apartment, so I started hooning around in there. I didn't even notice that there was a guy stood on a wall watching me. This guy had previously been killing a lot of people in the lobby, so out of panic of him touching my precious Futo (recently given a new look after falling in love with an AE86 in Fast Car magazine
), I scampered off. I started drifting on the streets again, and then I stopped off at a skate park to see if any BMXs were there with interesting colours. No BMXs had spawned, so I turned around to see the guy who was watching me drift in the car park sat there, in a chrome Adder, with a musical horn (the one that sounds like the title music from The Apprentice). I panicked again, and ran for my Futo, but he just calmly followed me to my car and never once tried to ram me or kill me. We ended up drifting through the city together, although he couldn't drift his Adder
. It was only when someone else in a tank showed up we went our separate ways.
After I ran away from the tank, I headed for a multi-story car park and hooned around in there. This time, I did donuts around a lamppost. Then, two guys on a Daemon drove up to the top and again just stopped and watched me. I figured if I was going to be blown up, I'd go out hooning
. Instead, they just sat and watched, and the passenger even got off and saluted me. The rider of the Daemon tried doing some donuts too, but the two eventually drove off again.
So if you ever feel like you're going to be blown up, just hoon. It's the perfect distraction.
(really like the apartment for some reason, probably how its the most expensive online I think)
