Old Phone Cam Gives a Drawer Phone a Second Job

Why it surfaced

Old Phone Cam uses a QR code to connect another device to the phone’s stream, which can be watched in a browser, VLC, or Home Assistant. Its defining constraint is also its appeal: the video stays on the local network, even when that network has no internet.

A local-network security camera app that turns an old phone into a live video feed without cloud storage or an account.