[Georgelemental]

> I'd wager the vast majority of Linux users have never encountered a memory safety issue with the Kernel.

Yes, because they were caught in review and tests, or were patched in a bugfix release before being widely exploited. Rust catches safety issues during compilation, before you test or commit.

> Some crate you're depending on gets hijacked

Rust's safety is meant to protect against a certain class of programmer mistakes. You still need to audit your dependencies and sandbox untrusted code; the language designers have never claimed otherwise.