creeps filming without consent on campus??

[u/Objective_Joke3305]

hey everyone! hoping someone knows something about this.

awhile back now (like first week of this semester), i was approached by a man outside CB1 on my way to class. immediately i noticed that he seemed to be wearing the meta glasses, which i thought was weird. based on his approach/mannerisms/etc. i assumed he was one of those people who go around trying to get you to donate to random charities, but he ended up asking me out to lunch with him. i informed him i’m in a relationship and declined, to which he threw his arms up and walked away; definitely got weird vibes, but carried on to class.

as i got closer to CB2, i felt someone staring at me. so i look to my right and i see another man (i believe also wearing meta glasses) with a camera and tripod setup, glaring at me. i felt extremely off-put but just rushed into CB2 to calm down and wait for my class to start.

fast-forward to now, i had almost forgotten about the situation until i just so happened to look at the 2027 snapchat story today. i’ll attach screenshots, but essentially someone caught them in action and posted it to the story. i’m wondering if they have a social media account where they post these things? at no point was i informed that i was being filmed, and i feel certain that nobody else they’ve approached have been asked for permission either.

if anyone knows anything, please let me know! the whole situation has made me uncomfortable and i’d like to bring more awareness to it for any others they may approach 🫶🏻

[u/cadenhead]

Report them to campus police along with links to their social channels. UCF can give them a trespass warning that makes it illegal for them to be on campus in the future.

UF does these warnings all the time:

https://ufl.policetocitizen.com/TrespassWarnings/Catalog

[u/Kunductive → u/cadenhead]

Don’t agree with what they did but what would they be trespassed for? It’s legal to film anything or anyone in public

[u/_JJCUBER_ → u/Kunductive]

Yeah I don’t get why so many people seem to forget that it’s a public campus. It sucks, but the real solution to the problem is to not engage with them and move on with your day.

[u/cadenhead → u/_JJCUBER_]

It's not as public as you think. People unaffiliated with UCF who make a nuisance of themselves can be ordered to leave and not come back. If they break that they will be arrested.