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I hope your firewall is up to scratch.
For all I know it might be turned off. From like 10 years ago.
You're letting the internet bareback you.
Eh, it hasn't caused issues yet.
Your PC could be part of a botnet that sends phishing mails, mine crypto and send all your keystrokes to Irkutsk, without you noticing.
I would hope they're protected by the router firewall