Gaming Does a CIA need an "online patch"?

[Goombah111]

ive been seeing "mario kart online patched CIA" and such so i wanted to know if my converted 3DS files are safe online.

i converted some .3ds games to CIA and installed them. am i safe?

i heard you dont need a header, what if i download the CIA?

what if the CIA doesnt say online patched?

 

[SkyChotik]

Cia's use the 3ds's internal header, you'll be completely fine going online.

(I've been using cia's for all the pokemon, trading, battling, using pokebank, etc. I've had nothing happen)

 

[x_master_1234]

Only .3ds files need header to play online.
.cia files does not need header

 

[Purge]

No, and supposedly even different region cias can be used online with no risk but I've never tested it myself