Reply to Phoenix2000 -- Re:GoogleVoice Tie-in – Acrobits Groundwire Review

Phoenix2000, GoogleVoice kept changing the way their site is accessed and the only way to keep up with it was to have the login to it thru the App, go thru the Acrobits servers, in their country, when you use Groundwire to make the call from your country. This way, Acrobits was able to "adjust" their procedure to login to GoogleVoice on their (Acrobits') end without needing to change their App programming code each time Google changed their procedure to place a call. I had to stop using the GoogleVoice 'tie-in', because of this. I almost lost my phone service because Google was going to shut my account down, thinking it was being hacked from Acrobits' country..! They (GoogleVoice) sent an eMail to me asking if I was being hacked. Not to mention, my Google login info being on and going thru their (Acrobits') server too.! There's no encryption used when you login to your accounts. It's not plain text, but it's not encrypted, like SSL. If your ISP, or WiFi HotSpot isn't secure, or you're not on your own home router with your own encryption set up, your login info is bouncing around cyber-space too. That alone is bad enough, but now, with this GoogleVoice 'Tie-in' it's also going across countries to the Acrobits server as well. Regular SIP accounts still use your regular ISP, or HotSpot connection locally (not via Acrobits servers) , so it's as good as that normally is. But that also is subject to if your router or the HotSpot is encrypted. I just simply, and more securely, open my iPad browser and log into my GoogleVoice account to place a call. Yes, it's a bit more inconvenient, but way more secure, and until another way is figured out to do it via Groundwire, it's best to do it the old-fashioned way. :) I'm still using v2.5.5 also, because I don't like this new UI (User Interface) I'm hoping a future version will allow both older and newer style of UI, with a settings choice.
Review by JohnSkyer on Acrobits Groundwire.