Old phones as home automation devices?

Hi, Team,

I have very little home automation - just a couple of wifi lights, and couple of appliances attached to Google Home / Nest.

I also have an old phone set up above the front door, as a form of very simple security camera, using Alfred Camera.

I wonder if other old phones can be used for other operations, and what easy ones could be set up for starters.

One issue I'd like to address, and I reckon this would be a more complicated one, is that we live on a very busy street, about 150m from a set of traffic lights. Most nights, we get complete idiots flooring it off the lights past our house, making massive amounts of noise. Into the small hours, often waking us and the kids, we have reported to the police, but without evidence, they can't really do anything.

Is it possible to use old phones as Nest Security cameras with sound activation and recording over a certain level?

Any other ideas?

Cheers,

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