A recent example of this happening to a high-profile individual comes from the Hunter Biden laptop scandal ([0] is a relatively neutral explanation of what happened). Without litigating the contents of the device or what it means about the Bidens or any of that stuff, it's nuts that the son of the President of the United States thought it would be safe to just leave his personal laptop with some schmoe indefinitely. If it hadn't been confirmed by lots of media outlets, I'd have trouble believing it.

It should go without saying that if you are a public figure of any sort and you'd like anything about you to remain at all private, you should absolutely never do this.

[0] https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/hunter-biden-laptop-...