You can enable "remote access" (or maybe it's on by default, don't remember), that does something to allow remote access to your setup with your unifi account,

You can enable "remote access" (or maybe it's on by default, don't remember), that does something to allow remote access to your setup with your unifi account, probably tunnels it through unifi servers. It's an option that definitely should not be in there, remote access should always be done via a VPN or something secure.