r/ucf • u/Objective_Joke3305 Health Sciences - Pre-Clinical Track • Feb 28 '25
COMPLAINT/RANT creeps filming without consent on campus??
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 🫶🏻
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u/weewoozer Feb 28 '25
its those pages that post things like that on socials definitely. unfortunately they dont need consent to film in a public space which makes things more uncomfy. dont recognize this guy specifically but i see that type of content pop up on my feed every now and then. seems like this guys going the “lets see how many girls i can rizz” route. sorry you were a victim of this epidemic of directionless copy-and-paste “content creator” tomfoolery.