If you can auth without intending to that seems like a bug to me.
The chain described there is "possible network traffic", and would be a valid type of network traffic, "while-meaning-to" if we so please, but there is no way to distinguish that and it is thus meaningless to code.
A device that would never reboot, no matter what network traffic is occurring, would never allow you to reboot it remotely... SSH is network traffic. Your SSH authentication also is.
The point wasn't about the Roku, it was a pointed reply to that particular point, I think. :)
Besides, words have multiple meanings, and there are many floating signifiers in the world. Correcting diction without an acknowledgment of intent might as well be pissing into the wind.
On a personal level, aimless pedantry is a terrible attribute in people you work with, and these people can be toxic to productivity.