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Odd, I don't recall private lobbies being a thing, and a quick google shows lots of people asking for them and a few "workarounds". Perhaps they are a recent addition or a console thing?
I haven't played in a few years but this is how I remember the system working: RDO matches people into separate lobbies based on what version of the game they're running and this check is done by hashing one or more files in the install directory. By adding junk data to one of those files you more or less guarantee that you'll only ever encounter other people who have the same junk data added. It's basically the dark souls password system with extra steps.
Maybe I used a mod or something, I dont know, wasnt very memorable aha (well all I remember is excessive amounts of fog), quickly gave up on it.
Before private lobbies in GTA, I remember blocking ports for GTA in my firewall except to my friends' IP addresses, which worked for a while.