It's useful because they can easily check what themes you writing for, and this way they could find the desired article more easily.
Well, depends. Current version (1.1.2) reqires the name of the input field to be "s", so if your search field has such name, there is no problem at all.
No, it selecting results from two joined tables, and it is not heavy at all.
Thank you for that question :). Actually it's escaping the search string with functions provided from Wordpress, so if you find Wordpress secure, means that the plugin is secure as well.
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