I tried doing this (just with FTP) about 15+ years ago when I had a ton of space on a budget webhoting service (I think Dreamhost). I ended up getting a message

I tried doing this (just with FTP) about 15+ years ago when I had a ton of space on a budget webhoting service (I think Dreamhost). I ended up getting a message from them saying that was not what their service is for and stop it. Maybe encryption would partial help solve that, or the rules have changed, but I figured I’d mention it for awareness.