alt Hacker NewsSince when are social apps high risk? The high risk clause is clearly targeted at applications that have safety requirements (IEC 61508, ISO 26262 etc.). A crashing Twitter client won't injure or kill anyone.
Since when are social apps high risk? The high risk clause is clearly targeted at applications that have safety requirements (IEC 61508, ISO 26262 etc.). A crashing Twitter client won't injure or kill anyone.
This is their definition of “High Risk Application”:
any product, device, component, or system which if it fails or is interrupted, may result in loss of life, or other serious or catastrophic personal injury and/or substantial financial or commercial or societal loss.
So its not just safety-critical applications, it also includes "societal loss". What does that mean I have no idea. Does losing Twitter client leads to "societal loss"? You can argue both ways