Ps3Xploit -- How risky is it if you're mainly using it for PSX/PS2 backups?

I've done it with PSX/2/3/PSP games, and I even play online and don't use a dummy account. People like me can tell you that it's safe, and others will tell you it's not.
Personally, I haven't been banned ans i play daily. Your mileage may vary. Always use precaution.

 

I've been using it for playing online once in a while, and haven't been banned. As long as you don't use cheats and act like you're a normal user, it should be safe. I think I recall habib saying that HAN wasn't detectable by Sony over at PSX-Place...

EDIT: Here it is

Spoiler: Screenshot

Source: http://www.psx-place.com/threads/did-you-get-banned-using-ps3xploit-poll.17245/#post-114529

 

My experience is very different to yours. I got system banned and all i was doing was playing ps1/ps2/ps3 games. Never once did I play online (simply because i hate online games) only thing i stupidly did was sync my trophies and a few days later I was banned. No great loss as like i said i dont play online and have never bought anything from the ps store.

 

PS3 seems to be hands down the console with the most bans and easiest to get banned on. I'd personally remain very cautious to the point of getting your legit PSN profile the hell off of there.

 

You were using CFW right? Using CFW online pretty much guarantees you a ban (unless you use spoofers). HAN on the other hand, seems to be online safe.

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I didn't notice the part where you said you were planning on using CFW

Anyway, as I said above, HAN is pretty much online safe. If all you want to do is to play PS2/PSX backups, and possibly some PS3 backups, then HAN is enough for you. It allows to do just that, and is mostly online safe. Haven't heard of anyone being banned by it (people that used it for online cheating don't count)

CFW allows you to do much more and opens the console to new stuff, like emulators and homebrew apps. But again, if all you plan to do is to play backups of PS3/PS2/PSX games, then go with HAN (PS3xploit 3.0) instead of CFW.

 

With CFW, you can go offline and never worry about enabling the exploit ever again. However, you can get banned if you try to go online with it.
With HAN, you need to run the web exploit each time you boot the system. Luckily, HAN Toolbox has a little shortcut and does it automatically if you press "Enable HAN" each time you boot the PS3. However, with HAN, you can go online and you don't need to worry about getting banned.

It's a matter of personal preference tbh...

 

I don't know, should people worry so much about getting their ps3 consoles banned now, in 2018?, probably most servers will last a year or 2 at best, so i would recommend you to just go for it, but create another account just to make sure.