I usually use ftp on sites that do not require passwords. I did not see any security risk there with using ftp. I never thought about transferring information from one user account on a computer to another user account on another computer. Sftp would be safer in that situation. Well at least I learned something that I did not know before. For situations where security is a concern, gftp can do sftp, live and learn.
Jim
Except I have a strong suspicion that gftp uses scp not sftp. Can anyone confirm or deny that?