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so there are a lot of reasonably priced security cameras on the market today but did you know that you can turn your old iPod into a security camera in just a few steps so the first thing you'll need to do is download the many thing app that's only available for iOS products it works on iPod touch iPads and iPhones alright so when you launch them anything app you'll need to set it up with a username and a password that's the first step then you'll have two options you can either click on view my cameras or record using this device so if you have two Apple products you can use one as your camera and you can use the other to monitor your camera the other option is to use the web app to view everything if you only have one Apple product to leave at home to monitor your space so behind me is an iPod touch that I have set up basically to work like an IP camera if I walk by it monitors motion and it will send me an alert any saved clips will go straight to the cloud and storage is free many thing is planning to add a subscription-based service but it will always reserve one option for limited free storage so aside from being totally free many thing also has an IFFT channel it's really the first video monitoring service that's available on it and that makes it a really interesting option for home security so I have it paired with the Belkin Wemo switch right now so every time the many thing on this ipod touch back here detects motion it turns on the lamp right next to it and that's really it you have just created a DIY home security system for free assuming that you have a spare Apple product and you can do even more with it if you have Belkin Wemo products or a Philips hue bulbs thanks for watching i'm megan wilton for cnet.com you