How does Blackberry Blend actually (and securely) accomplish its "magic"?
My Google-Fu is not turning up anything that explains at a technical level HOW Blackberry Blend actually works.
I did see mention about it not being a cloud service, and that when you disconnect from the Blend software the files/features on the phone are then no longer accessible from the computer/tablet/whatever you're running Blend on.
If my BB is exclusively a personal device, and NOT BYOD / "Balanced" into my work network, and not connected to my company WiFi -- but I have the Blend software installed/working on my work computer, is it secretly tunneling through my company firewall to find/connect with my BB if I accidentally leave it at home? How?
Does the Blend process allow connections the opposite way (phone at home, Blend software open and running at work)? How?
If my phone is at home only connected to the cellular network, and I am somewhere else with a WiFi tablet running Blend, HOW is the tablet "talking" to my BB at home? Is it going through some VPN tunnel to the BB NOC and then jumping out onto the cellular data network so it can find and connect to my phone?
What if my phone is at home connected to WiFi only, and doesn't have the cellular data connection active? How is the Blend software running on the tablet able to get through my ISP's inbound firewall on my DSL line, and then getting through my physical firewall/router at home?
I have enough technical knowledge to understand about the components likely involved (LAN, VPN, NOC, firewalls, etc) but am at a loss as to how they all actually interconnect to make Blend *securely* work its magic.
Any insights?
URLs?
Personal phone numbers of the BB software engineers who wrote it? ;-)
Any technical enlightenment here would be much appreciated.
TIA.