SecureFTP (SFTP) v. SSH

It seems that most web host advise users to FTP their site but doesn't that put the user's user nmae and password at risk like this excerpt says:
From:
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/...refx.html#sftp
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FTP
by itself is not secure. This means that your login i.d. and password can be "captured" by anyone as it goes from one machine to another. Even if the information that is being transferred is for public consumption, the fact that your login/password pair can be read is a serious risk. If that information is nabbed by a malicious intruder, that individual could not only make a mess of your home directory.
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Are web host using Secure FTP and SSH to avoid this security vulnerability?

 

 

 

 

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