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I don't use it myself but I would think that you wouldn't want your "professional" social network account to fall in the wrong hands either.

You rightly put "professional" in quotes. For tech people, LinkedIn is just a way to sign up for recruiter courting.

You don't, and it can be embarrassing. I've seen it happen with a colleague.

But what happened was embarrassment, not their life savings being wiped out.