2 calls to drupal_get_filetransfer_info()

system_authorized_init in modules/system/system.module
Setup a given callback to run via authorize.php with elevated privileges.
_update_manager_check_backends in modules/update/update.manager.inc
Checks for file transfer backends and prepares a form fragment about them.

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