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Can I self-host on old iPhones?
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I used to run software on an old phone that basically worked as a camera NVR.
At some point the battery swelled up and I'm glad my house didn't burn to the ground. I only noticed it because the glass screen protector on that phone had popped off from the screen flexing under pressure 😮
As long as you have a way of monitoring your phones, or at least physically isolating them from important things, then you could probably do it without many risks.