It just takes too much time to generate a vanity address. BTW , if we happen to ask a third party to generate it for us, doesn't he get the private keys automatically?
Yes of course
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, so if someone want to have a vanity address I suggest to generate it alone with personal pc.
Not exactly - there's split key generation available, where it's possible for them to generate the key for you, and yet keep the private key safe.
I didn't know this, however it is recommended to generate it with own personal PC.