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you are brave to use your laptop that way. or is it used as a stationary device?
but yes it is useful at home if you live with people who you don't trust to be managing their computer safely
why? I don't connect it to untrusted networks
run
sudo ss -tulpn, and have a look at the processes and their privileges listening for incoming connections. If one of them has a vulnerability, through which a third party can make that software do things it was not intended for.. that's pretty bad.This can most easily happen with software whose developers are underresouced/careless/stubborn.
A recent case of that happening: https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/
Tl;Dr, remote code execution vulnerability in software that most often runs as root, automatically.
I understand your point but I reiterate that I don't connect to unsafe networks. If someone has remote code execution on a device on my side of the network then they are also inside my apartment and I'd be more worried about that.