What a ridiculous title, referring to FTP as "Microsoft's security sheild" when it's a file transfer tool that's rarely even used anymore, and gets more milage from those who love pointing out that Microsoft has some ancient freeware code somewhere in Windows. The article comes from a foreign website too of course, typical.
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I concur. FTP is rarely used anymore for good reason. I just attempted to add remote deposit capability with my bank, for my business, which would have permitted me to deposit checks using a scanner in my office - negating the need for frequent trips to the bank. I got to foraging around in the accompanying software and realized that it relied on FTP to transmit all the data back to the bank. Palm.....Forehead. Needless to say, I boxed it back up and dropped it off with my hand carried deposit that afternoon.