SSH is one of the protocols which are widely used on the Internet: developers use it to push code on a git server (such as GitHub), system administrators use it to connect to remote consoles in a secure way, some users use it as a VPN solution (thanks to TCP
This seems like a non-issue if you use FDE and proper file permissions. And even if you don’t want to type your password at boot, you can use TPM for the FDE itself.