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I don't understand, why is that a bad thing? Maybe it might be an issue if you're trying to do something anonymously (but at that point, you shouldn't be using your regular machine anyway).

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It's rather unexpected. Browsers carry so much baggage that you need a private mode, I wouldn't have expected something like ssh to have this sort of problem before I read about how it exposes your keys.

It's not, it's a "public" key.

It's not a problem from security perspective. It is a problem from privacy perspective.

Privacy is security.

"Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm."

"Privacy: a secret matter."

"Privacy: freedom from unauthorized intrusion."

"Privacy: the quality or state of being apart from company or observation."

So you see, privacy IS security.

I can't tell if you forgot /s?

> It's not, it's a "public" key

Not just any public key, it's your public key. It identifies you.

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