I was wondering the same thing, but the only realistic attack I can think of is if you happen to make localhost.example.com resolve to example.com and don't che

I was wondering the same thing, but the only realistic attack I can think of is if you happen to make localhost.example.com resolve to example.com and don't check the host name server side. And then the end user needs to not look too closely at the address bar. So perhaps not do this if your domain is large_bank.com. But if you are aware the keys are exposed you could simply change your DNS to make it resolve somewhere else. Of course, another option is to use localhost.junk_domain.com for testing so it doesn't matter if you lose the keys.