You got some great answers already :)

Let me just add that, in general, it’s expected to have executable files inside your home directory.

For example, ~/.local/bin is intended for user executables and usually added to the $PATH, and a lot of package managers (such as cargo, go, pip,…) will install applications under ~ (Steam also does that).

I must say, this is really creepy.

In your shoes, I’d put some effort into explaining what (legitimate) use case you have, least people won’t be much inclined to help.