Actually, if we can rely on the official Honorbuddy Staff, and we usually can, since they successfully saved-our-a$$ from banwaves for a long 5 years period,
Honorbuddy is as safe as always was, if you take into account the following:
Never bot on account, you cannot afford to loose!
Beside that, we had witnessed two real banwaves in 2015: 13/5 and 16/12, and by Buddy Staff's honesty - they were due to actual detection, indeed.
After Jan 2016's tripwire alert, HB is supposed to be non-detected once again!
So the common rules for safety botting apply from then on:
- Bot smart.
- Avoid botting activities, which could easily deliver player reports on your character, like botting in PvP - both Bgbuddy and rotations in Arenas, RBGs are just 1 right click away of the player report.
- Do not flood AH.
- Do brakes, brakes, brakes - 24/7 botting is for the veteran botters, who DO KNOW what they are doing!
Good luck!