The IP Webcam app uses your device's built-in camera, adds a lightweight web server, and allows you to connect to the camera through that server. It's simple and effective.

Android: IP Webcam turns your Android Phone into a network camera by streaming the phone’s camera over its Wi-Fi connection for remote viewing.

On a PC with no built-in Webcam and not ready to purchase one, either? Luckily your Android device makes a great stand-in for a Webcam.

A Dropcam will run you about $150. Price out a Raspberry Pi, camera sensor, and a CCTV camera housing found on eBay, and it starts to look like there may be a cheaper replacement for a Dropcam ...

Although IP cameras are ideal for Frigate, not everybody has a dedicated security camera lying around. Fortunately, there are ...

Still, we'll overlook that since Astak's Mole is pretty nifty: a motion-activated IP webcam, with WiFi and wired ethernet connections, that can automatically upload footage to YouTube together ...

Frigate, one of the most popular open-source options for home IP camera management, just released a massive update. Frigate 0 ...

It is highly likely that many of us purchased or specified our last analog camera in 2006. Ongoing and upcoming projects will probably focus on Internet protocol (IP)-based cameras. Relying solely ...

Ah, generic unbranded IP cameras. Safe, secure? Probably not. [Alex] has been hacking around with one of his very own, and he’s recently busted the thing wide open. Determining that the camera ...

The IP cam/phone solution is nicer but does your wife agree? I've used a cheapo IP cam and it's fine. If it had night vision and audio it would have been perfect. The other benefit is when they ...