The Creepy Trend of Filming Strangers for Content

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]At some point, the internet decided that strangers in public is now free content.

[00:00:05]If someone looks weird, pay attention now. If someone looks weird, dresses alternatively, or even just exist in the wrong place at the wrong time, someone might whip out their phone and start recording them for their own personal social media. And now with things like meta glasses, people don't even need to pull out their phone anymore. They can just secretly record you and post it to millions online. I've seen people filming trying to pick up girls without even telling these women that they're being recorded and posted online. People sneaking into conventions just to record attendees and mock them on social media.

[00:00:39]Some accounts are literally built around secretly filming strangers bodies or appearances just to make fun of them for content. And for a lot of people, especially younger people, this has created like a brand new fear that didn't really exist for me growing up.

[00:00:54]What if someone is secretly filming me right now? Is it you? I think it is. I'm watching you guys. What if a random moment of my life ends up being on someone else's Tik Tok and I never even consented to it or knew it was happening because somewhere along the way filming strangers stop being creepy and started being content. It became a really weird way of profiting off and bullying strangers. So today, my friends, buckle in. Strap strap the lock in. I want to talk about it and discuss it. open up the conversation and discuss these real fears and how these types of videos affect people. I'm going to spoil it now. Most of the time it's severely negatively. So, shall we get into the meat? You guys know I love meat. Love meat. Come on. Right this way. Ouch.

[00:01:40]Tripped on something. Bam. Kabloom. The horse is here for uh some important information and a disclaimer. I can hear you typing right now, boys. It's not illegal to film in public. And while yes, that is technically true, I'm not talking about people who are filming a venue or a public no or a public location for a vlog or personal content, but rather I'm talking about one-on-one interviews or conversations with people.

[00:02:08]Folks being filmed from far away who had no idea that they were being recorded or even going to be posted. There is a difference between filming everyone on a street to get a view of the area and filming one person on the street to make fun of them and post them on social media. And in some places, there are laws that everyone in a private conversation must consent. And recording without this is a felony or a misdemeanor, especially when it comes to using someone's likeness for advertising or monetary gain. So either way, you're wrong. Lightning. And if you do have to film someone for your safety or other safety or maybe a medical reason, that's not what I'm talking about here either.

[00:02:49]So, this guy is kind of bugging me, but know that he's that he's here with me.

[00:02:52]And I do want to say, you know, people do make mistakes. I'm not trying to attack anyone. I'll send the mob. Go my mob fly.

[00:03:01]boy.

[00:03:03]I don't want to make anyone feel bad for an accident or not knowing any better, especially if they're younger, but most of these people have been educated or corrected and still have this content up. Of these people, uncensored, and most of the people making this content is grown adults, and definitely no better than to film random people and children in public. But if my video does cause any type of distress, uh, feel free to reach out to me.

[00:03:31]>> Papa Gage got you.

[00:03:32]>> And as always, I do my very best to research everything in these videos. But if I do miss something or get something wrong, please feel free to politely correct me down below. I more than appreciate being educated on certain topics. All right, now that all that legal mumbo jumbo is out of the way, let's get into the meat cuz I know you hungry. I know your boy's hungry. Guys, my back. Also, I do apologize. This is my second time recording this. So if you if if my voice sounds a little um Oh, just know it is it is it hurts.

[00:04:04]Ouch.

[00:04:07]Ah, yes. My favorite type of human. The ones who film others different than them. Then post those videos online so they can get validation from others. I'm I'm just kidding. That was a joke. You can find whole accounts dedicated to filming alt people recording cringe behavior or mocking others outfits or appearances in public spaces like grocery stores, schools and conventions.

[00:04:34]Often these people are teenagers still figuring themselves out and their sense of style or niche communities like fandom spaces or marginalized groups.

[00:04:43]And these accounts will just content form them for cringe epic clips so everyone can band together and hate them in the comments using reaction memes.

[00:04:53]But these people didn't sign up to be entertainment. I'm sure most of you have come across a video like this before.

[00:04:59]Someone secretly films someone else then post it online. can't say that the words aren't coming to either make fun of their body, their situation, or maybe their outfit. And while I can understand the initial intrigue when seeing someone who looks different from you or an activity that you've never seen before or think is cringe-worthy and being perhaps taken off guard by that, since when was it socially acceptable to whip out the good old iPhone and start recording this person without their knowledge to then post them online for the sole purpose of making fun of them?

[00:05:32]For example, here are two videos that I naturally found on the good old for you page. This video of someone filming two young kids in a store, basically harassing them, in my opinion.

[00:05:45]>> No way.

[00:05:47]Are we serious?

[00:05:48]>> And another one of someone secretly filming two individuals at Disney. Both of these videos were posted online without the consent or even knowledge that these people were being recorded.

[00:05:58]And these videos were made for the sole purpose of making fun of them. I'm assuming perhaps because of their colorful alternative attire, which I think is cool. I mean, look at me. But just because you have an alternative or extravagant outfit doesn't mean you automatically sign up to be filmed.

[00:06:17]Like, okay, stare at me all you want, but my cool outfits aren't free content for you. Okay, you got to pay premium for that boy. Num num num. Also, it's extremely creepy to secretly film kids.

[00:06:30]Don't think anyone disagrees with me there and then to post that online without their consent or their parents' consent. I fear that does not need to be explained. I mean, it's extremely creepy to do that to anyone. I get that someone may be wearing a crazy outfit or a piece of clothing that's crazy in your eyes, but they're also a human being. Like, if you really want someone to see their their crazy shirt, why not just crop or blur their face? I don't know. And believe it or not, these people that you're secretly filming uh can find these videos. For example, the person in this video that I showed a few seconds ago, they found the video of themselves being recorded at Disney. And obviously, they had no idea that they were being recorded and found this video and then felt the need that they had to make a post explaining their outfit choices.

[00:07:18]Okay, so that's me in the video. Um, so it wasn't a skit. I don't know the guy who posted it. Um, I don't really I'm not on the joke. If he thought us and outfits were funny, then good friend.

[00:07:26]So, I guess I'll give context of what my friend and I were doing in that video.

[00:07:28]Which, yes, he's my friend. He's not my boyfriend. We are not in a romantic relationship. We are just really close platonic friends. So, the context behind the video is that we agreed to share a Mickey macaroon cinnamon roll flavor, something like that. And he um was not eating it. And I was like, "Dude, you need to help me finish this thing." So, me feeding him was not like a romantic thing. Like, I was borderline force feeding him because I'm like, "Dude, we paid money for this. Like, we need to finish it." And he like one bite and I was like trying to do the rest and I was like, "Dude, we agreed to share this. We just had lunch. Like, help me." So, it wasn't like a sexual or romantic thing.

[00:07:55]Like, I don't have feelings for him. I'm not like romantically dating him. Like, no. Like, and to address the outfits, yes, I get like Disneybounding is like cringe or weird or whatever. And I think it's interesting because like had he posted that video like 3 4 years ago when like everyone was freaking out about a Disney adult. I think the comments would not have been on our side. And yes, context for the outfits.

[00:08:12]My friend who's not in the video, um, him and I have a birthday that's like 2 days apart, which, side note, this video was taken on my birthday. Him and I have made it a tradition every year for us to go to Disneyland for our birthday. We both like amusement parks. We both like Disneyland. Makes sense, right? And we like to make it a big thing. So, we were like, "Let's Disneybound. Let's just go crazy." And we're all like performers.

[00:08:28]We all like sing, dance, and act. We like dressing up in costumes. Like, of course, we're going to Disneybound. It's like fun for us. Like, sorry. And yeah, I get it. Like, my outfit was kind of wild. And like, Disneybounding is can be cringe, but like, it's fun for us.

[00:08:38]Sorry. And so, we decided cuz this was day two, so we decided to be the Sugar Rush Racers from Wreck-It Ralph. And I picked a Dora Beasel Winter Pop. And so, she wears a lot of winter gear, so obviously I had to pull out all the winter gear. And um so that's why I have like fur boots on and like a racing jacket. And like my friend and I are not like that bothered by this video. Um it just I feel like it just makes me really sad to like see that somebody felt the need to do that. Especially cuz this guy I believe is significantly older than me. And I'm like okay so if you were there with kids I feel like you're setting a bad example. If you weren't there with kids, you're a hypocrite. And it just makes me sad to like think of like other couples or like other people who are maybe in the closet or like don't feel comfortable about fully expressing themselves and like wearing what they want to wear and like being with who they want to be with because of people who just like feel like they need to like make fun of people for just like minding their own business and like enjoying themselves. But I mean I guess that's his choice. That's his opinion.

[00:09:21]You can do whatever he wants. That's all I have to say. Uh sorry I ruined your Disney day and um hope you get well soon. That's it. Which makes me so sad to hear that someone organically came across a video of themselves that they had no idea was taken. That they were being secretly filmed while just trying to enjoy their friend's birthday only to have people in the comments of that video just tear them to shreds and make extremely rude remarks on a completely appropriate outfit. By the way, they look great. I I don't get it. These people didn't sign up to be entertainment. This is bullying.

[00:09:54]bump. One of my previous videos where I mentioned bullying and bullying trends on Tik Tok, I got a few comments saying like, "Being mean doesn't equal bullying." Absolutely it does. Hello.

[00:10:06]Knock knock. Anything in there? Bullying means unwanted or aggressive behavior that sometimes involves socially isolating and excluding others to cause harm. That's exactly what these types of videos are. posting secret videos of usually queer, alternative, marginalized group peep peeps. Peeps. I want a peep.

[00:10:29]I want a peep. My favorite peeps. These peeps. I love these peeps. Okay, sorry.

[00:10:37]Focus. But posting these individuals for the sole purpose of making fun of them and to make them feel socially excluded by opening them up to being harassed online, which they didn't even consent to posting those videos. It would be a bit of a different conversation if for say me, you know, I post a video wearing an outfit and I get hate comments on my own video. You know, I posted the video so I knew the risk of sharing something online. But this is like you going to the grocery store and someone taking a picture of you sharing that online and then that photo gets, you know, mean comments like, okay, that's not fair to the individual in the photo. I also want to say this is off script. I found an account that that freaked me out. Um, the whole account just posts videos of, you know, people eating, but like someone is secretly filming others eating at like uh restaurants and fast food establishments. It It freaks me out cuz I look so ugly when I when I be chowing down. And this account just has tons of these videos where they're just filming people eating in public. Super creepy. And an example that I can think of where this happened quite a bit was at Megacon.

[00:11:51]This topic was fresh on the old dome, fresh on the nog due to one situation that happened which led to a lot of unconsensual filming and like interview content and people were just posting these videos without consent or without even letting the people know that they were being filmed or that they were going to be posted publicly. I know you're all waiting for the meat and the tea. So, here's what happened. Actually, I'm going to need a I'm going to need a little sip. I'm I'm going to need a little sip. My throat hurts. Watch the background for me while we go take a sip, guys. You know, I'm going to need a sip. Hold on. Oh my god. Num num num hydrated. Recently, Megaacon Burman, apologies, was held a bit ago in March.

[00:12:34]Mega Con is a convention that showcases and celebrates pop culture, anime, art, comics, and cosplay. If you've never heard of conventions before, don't worry, not important. But it's basically an event where a lot of people get together and partake in some really nerdy activities, sometimes in really cool outfits. And apparently the same day that this was taking place, a bodybuilding competition was taking place in the same uh building, I guess, like the convention center. Some of these bodybuilders thought it would be a great wonderful idea to go over to the convention and film and mess with these cosplayers for content. Not everyone from the bodybuilding competition had bad intentions, of course. There's some really positive interactions as well, which shows that it is possible to interact with people at conventions in positive ways, even if you're unfamiliar or have no clue what the hell is going on. But unfortunately, I've seen more bad moments than I've seen good.

[00:13:31]specifically when it comes to filming and not letting people know they're filming or asking for consent.

[00:13:37]>> Consent from me.

[00:13:37]>> No.

[00:13:38]>> No consent. That's just that's just how he likes it. Long day, guys. Am I right?

[00:13:43]>> Hey guys.

[00:13:44]>> How you guys doing?

[00:13:46]>> How do you mean?

[00:13:47]>> We're just Was that out?

[00:13:50]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:13:51]>> Yeah. Yo, don't feel weird, mate. Don't feel [ __ ] weird, mate.

[00:13:54]>> Don't she was about to ask Instagram.

[00:13:55]She on Instagram.

[00:13:56]>> I really I saw you on Instagram. And honestly, I don't know if I have enough time in this video to go over every single thing that happened, but this happened to so many people. Get ready, guys. Get ready. Like this example, for instance. Besides the point of it being super annoying that these people were just photobombing and jumping into this planned photo shoot that only has a scheduled amount of time, the caption of this post goes on to say, "I hosted a guty meet and two random guys kept harassing and bothering us while a third guy stood back and recorded us. I had warned them that multiple people at the meet were underage and the filming was completely non-consentual despite making it very clear that no one wanted to be filmed by some random guys. It was also made clear to these people that some individuals were children. And I can understand being shocked or maybe not understanding something that's new to you. But what I can't understand is being a jerk for no reason and then filming them without their consent to then go online and post that calling them unemployed. Like, yeah, I'm sure some of them were unemployed because some of them were children. Duh.

[00:15:08]Especially as grown men and people. You should know that that behavior is weird.

[00:15:13]That's weird. Don't do what? That behavior is weirder than people in fun little outfits having a fun little time.

[00:15:20]And guys, it just keeps getting worse from here. Honestly, this one instance of a lovely individual being filmed with meta glasses who had no idea that they were being filmed up until the end of the conversation.

[00:15:32]>> Are you single?

[00:15:34]>> You know what? You're blessed. Make sure she's dressed like that all the time.

[00:15:38]>> Have you seen this video of me? Fill the tea on this strange interaction that I had at Megaon Birmingham this weekend.

[00:15:44]Meta glasses need to be banned at conventions. If you know me, you know that I would never make a video like this as I usually don't get involved in drama. But this needs to be addressed because this video is currently sat at a million plus views. I was sat down with my partner right outside of Megaon after filming some content. I was already having a strange day when the 6'6 40-year-old roided out man comes up to me. At first, he was super friendly and seemed interested in my cosplay. Though, as you can see in the video, I started to respond to his questions. Halfway into our seemingly nice conversation, I noticed that he had meta glasses on. You know those glasses that film people without their knowledge or consent.

[00:16:18]Eventually, I realized that he was content farming me. Now, I understand that it's a public space, but he did not mention that he was recording me until I pointed it out. He then proceeded to ask me uncomfortable questions like, "Are you single?" in front of my partner and asking my partner, "Make sure she's dressed like that all the time, my G."

[00:16:34]As to say that a man has control over what I wear. At this point in the conversation, we just wanted him gone.

[00:16:39]So, as you can see in the video, we were polite to him as to not cause any trouble or damage to my personal image.

[00:16:44]We were essentially on autopilot. Now, what disturbs me the most about this video is the comments of this man and other men sexualizing me or just being downright nasty. I'm only 19, 19 years of age. After doing some research, turns out this man was harassing other cosplayers and body shaming them.

[00:17:00]>> Well, I watched Sonic and Sonic were fast, not fat.

[00:17:03]>> As well as calling older male cosplayers.

[00:17:07]I'd also like to add that I did ask this man to take the video down, but he hid my comments. So, I've asked people kindly if they could please report it.

[00:17:13]>> And right under that video for me was another video of a similar thing happening to another individual.

[00:17:21]>> Oh [ __ ] I want to be involved. Can we do one together?

[00:17:27]>> No.

[00:17:28]>> No thanks. Why?

[00:17:31]>> Do you do you know who that is?

[00:17:32]>> Oh, I'm call >> I'll go ahead and read out a little bit of their statement. Hi, I'm T. I'm 17 and an autistic cosplayer. I did not consent to being filmed for this stream, and this interaction should have ended at no thanks when I showed clearly that I didn't want to be on camera with them.

[00:17:48]It's tiring every con to have people come up and constantly try and film you or farm content using you, despite the fact you're just trying to have fun and explore your hobbies in a space that actively welcomes that. especially as a teenager who is neurode divergent and struggles with social interactions to begin with, which I feel so sorry for this individual. This sounds like a horrible experience. And unfortunately, they weren't alone. I also came across another video of someone experiencing the same thing. I don't have time to share it in full in this video, but please go check out their side of the story. I actually saw the original clip uploaded by the person recording them.

[00:18:27]Oh, super weird. The person asked to hold their prop and then ask this cosplayer if they've ever um stuck it inside of them.

[00:18:38]>> Would I put this on my ass or what?

[00:18:40]>> Wait, be honest. Have you ever like did you ever >> No. All right. No worries. No. Thank you.

[00:18:46]>> What? And this poor cosplayer is very graciously uh trying to navigate that conversation politely. I I don't know, man.

[00:18:54]>> Hi, gamers. I just want to talk really quickly about something that happened at Mega Con Birmingham. I'm going to preface by saying I'm a very strong willed person and I know how to deal with people, but this really just rubbed me the wrong way. Today I went as sweetheart from Memorial and I had this flyer that I made and 3D printed at home. I met up with some online friends and we were getting to know each other and then I was approached by this guy and he asked me if this was the pickaxe from Fortnite or something like that and I was like, "Oh, no, it's from Amorei.

[00:19:14]Like I 3D printed it. I made it." And he was like, "Oh, so it's not from Fortnite." And I was like, "No, it's from Amorei." Like I was just trying to be chatty and make conversation. And then I looked over and his friend was holding a camera filming us and I noticed he had a mic on like I do now.

[00:19:26]And I realized I was like, "Oh, he must be like filming a bit." But he didn't ask me if he could film me. And he didn't ask if he could like interview me or anything. So, I was just kind of like, "I'll just do whatever. I make content, too. I'll just lean into it."

[00:19:37]Um, so I was just being chatty and I was like, "Oh, do you want to hold it? It's like it's really lightweight. Like, it's really cool." Um, just just I don't know if you wanted an interaction or what, but I was like, "You can hold it if you want." Cuz I always offer like it's cool. It's a cool thing, right? So, I offered I was like, "Do you want to hold it?" And he kind of like almost did said something along the lines of when I get this out of my ass. And I just kind of looked at him like, "What?" I was doing when he kind of giggled like um I was like, "That's weird." And he had a hold of it at this point, which is fine. And then he said to me, "Have you ever?" And I just kind of went, "No." He kind of just awkward laughed and walked away. He didn't ask if he could use that footage. He didn't ask if he could post it. He didn't ask anything. He didn't say anything about the interaction. He just like walked off. And I turned back to my group of friends. I was like, "This guy just asked me a really weirdly sexual question and walked off."

[00:20:26]>> But all of these scenarios and possibly more happened where people were being filmed at these events without their knowledge or even if they said like, "I don't consent." They were continued to be filmed and put on camera. And obviously, you can live stream and make content at conventions or, you know, something similar. A lot of these cosplayers were filming their own content when they were approached by strangers. The difference is you can vlog and stream or do whatever. But when you shove a camera in someone's face or secretly film someone without letting them know or asking for permission, it's just creepy and it makes the whole space severely uncomfortable. And as you can see in plenty of examples, you can absolutely interview and talk to strangers at conventions or in other similar event spaces. And you know, from these examples, you can see that the person obviously knows that, you know, they're being filmed and this is going to be posted and has given their consent to both of those things. So, I don't want to make it seem like I'm anti-filming at cons because as someone who's been cosplaying and going to cons since 2016, taking pictures and filming is a big part of the convention for some individuals and for some others it's not. So, when you do film or take a picture of someone, it's pretty common to politely ask for permission beforehand. It's really not that hard, guys. I I don't know. Just because someone is in cosplay does not mean that they consent to being filmed and posted online for free content. And you know, sometimes the person filming now isn't even holding a phone or a camera.

[00:22:04]Good old Metag Glasses content. Num num num. Recently with metagasses and similar devices being available to the general public, I've seen a lot of videos of people being filmed secretly without their knowledge or consent to then be posted online. Most of the time it's like dude bros who are recording and posting their interactions with women or feminine presenting people.

[00:22:27]>> Hi, I like how you look.

[00:22:31]>> You Kenyan girl.

[00:22:32]>> I saw the video. I realized, oh, it's this Russian guy that I met last year. I thought it was just a normal encounter and I never thought that someone will be recording that. When I saw the comments, they were negative. So negative. People should stop judging people. They don't know how that small negative comment you can just write down without caring can affect someone's life.

[00:22:56]>> This is part of a global trend of men secretly filming women and posting the clips on social media generating millions of views.

[00:23:03]>> And sometimes it's people, you know, filming fast food workers or retail workers or something similar. And with these metal glasses and similar smaller devices, it's almost impossible to tell that there is a camera. These women say they didn't know they were being filmed.

[00:23:19]How? The men that were filming them were wearing smart glasses. I spoke to several women who say this happened to them. They all say they didn't give their consent for the videos to be uploaded online.

[00:23:28]>> This um attractive guy approached me and said, "You know, you're beautiful. Can I talk to you outside for a second?" The next morning, I wake up, I check his account, and I am posting.

[00:23:40]>> And I do want to say, I know hidden cameras aren't anything new, but stick with me, okay? Okay, but with these this POV style of recording has become fairly popular and there's nothing wrong with it in general. Oh, the voice is fading.

[00:23:56]But when you involve another person who has no idea that they're being recorded and no idea that they're going to be posted online and are mainly being used to clip farm content, it it is really weird and there's just no way in my brain that anyone could justify this sort of thing to me other than it being for creepy purposes. And like I mentioned at the beginning, in case you skipped through that, maybe this could be useful for situations where you need to record for your own safety or medical reasons or, you know, perhaps cake decorating videos or fishing content. I don't know. But because of devices like these, you can't tell when you're being filmed. Someone can record an entire interaction with you without you realizing it. and social norms haven't caught up to the technology. It is cool technology. I will give you that. But ethically, is it okay to record strangers secretly then post them online for the sole purpose of making fun of the interaction that you guys had? And this example here, um, this is another instance of someone organically coming across a video of themselves posted by someone who they had no idea was recording. But this person, you know, found the video and I and I guess re-uploaded it on their account, which that's crazy horror, you know.

[00:25:15]>> Excuse me. Um, my homeboy, uh, he wanted to know how old you were cuz he thought you were young, like my age. Like, how old are you? But how creepy is that thinking that you're having just a normal interaction with another human in a public space like a grocery store or in a bookstore only to find out that they have been recording you the whole time so that they could upload you to their Tik Tok account. Crazy crazy work.

[00:25:39]And this has created this new fear of being filmed because of videos and content creators like these people that I've shown.

[00:25:50]People outside of the norm. Whether that be that you dress alternatively, you have a disability or are at some type of event like a convention or a political protest. You now have this dubious little feeling in the back of your head that you know if you're out in public, you might just get filmed or randomly interviewed without your knowledge or consent, especially if the individual is wearing something like meta glasses or a hidden camera. And this is just something that we have to deal with now, I guess. And I saw this comment that absolutely destroyed my soul. Um, let me read it to you cuz wow. Recording someone is not provoking them. How is that provoking? Why does that bother people? If you don't want to be recorded, then don't be in public. This is such a horrible way of think. Did I kick my light? Guys, is my blue still blinging? You want to see what it looks like with no blue? Um, ugly. This is such a horrible way of thinking.

[00:26:46]thinking that just because you go outside, outside of the safety of your own home, you deserve to have your privacy disregarded and violated. That sounds absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. And that comment was left under a video of someone filming a women's yoga class in the park. As I said previously, it would be different if they were filming the whole part or a self vlog where, you know, it just happened to be in the background, but they were just filming the women doing yoga. That is creepy. Okay? You know, no if ends or buts. That is creepy. Why do you need a random video of women doing yoga in a park? The only thing I can think of is uh nefarious reasons, cuz I highly doubt it's because you need some free B-roll for your website. Even then, still creepy. And I mean, obviously, you know, here's the video posted online without any of these people's consent.

[00:27:43]So creepy. But to avoid having your privacy violated, you need to stay inside your home at all times and never leave your house. Thinking like this creates a new anxiety around public spaces, especially for those who are younger or marginalized groups, alternative people, cosplayers, whatever it may be. with the idea that any moment you could be turned into viral content and everyone in that comment section will say things like this. Legally, he doesn't have to. Legally, he can sit there and record them all he wants.

[00:28:16]Legally, he isn't disturbing anyone. If they are disturbed, that is eternal and coming from themselves, not the law.

[00:28:24]Like, okay, buddy. Okay, I'm about to rock your world right here. Just because something is legal doesn't mean it is morally correct.

[00:28:34]Boom. I can think of a few things happening right now that are legal, but not morally correct by any means. I'm sure we can all think of something, whether it be something happening now or in the past. That was legal or is legal and is the worst thing ever. That's why laws change because we as a society, you know, we think, but because of this new wave of thinking, you have people being afraid to express themselves in public and people being worried about being mocked or harassed online for something so simple like going out to get groceries or to the bookstore. I think I've said that like twice. The only two things I do, groceries and bookstore, or you know, going to hang out with friends, or even going to places like theme parks or conventions where it's supposed to be silly and fun. And luckily, I didn't grow up going to school where everyone had phones in their pockets. But I can't imagine what it must feel like going to a public school with a fear that your most vulnerable moments can just be recorded and spread around at any time by your fellow classmates. That's terrifying to me. And if you are someone like these commenters who for some reason are very firm about defending this type of content because it's not illegal, I hope this video can help you understand a little bit more about the difference and the point of this video. Uh because I will not read your comment if you're just going to leave something like, "Well, it's not illegal, so >> I do not care." Oh.

[00:30:02]>> Having one person shout something mean to you on the street is hurtful but manageable. Having someone secretly record you without your knowledge or consent and then post it online where millions of people see that video and say horrible things about you in the comments can be lifealtering damage and sometimes can put others in danger. Now, I will say this is very rare, so it's not as strong as my other points, but I still think it's important because it has happened before. Maybe someone is trying to avoid a stalker or an abusive or dangerous situation. And for them being secretly recorded in a public location like their local grocery store, and for that video to be uploaded online where their stalker or abuser could potentially see it and hunt them down, that is so dangerous and so scary.

[00:30:53]But again, I know that's rare. I just thought, well, you know, it can happen, too. To me, there's just no positive to this type of secretly filming and recording people type of content. Do I have the fix for this? Do I have all the answers? No. I am not the all knowing powerful wizard of all knowledge. Maybe one day. With every like and subscribe, I gain more knowledge. But unfortunately, no. I don't have all the wisdom on what to do about the situation or potential solutions. But still, I don't want to make this video and leave people feeling hopeless because there are people out there like me who when saying these videos will report them and will call out the people who are posting them and who will have your back. So, while I understand this fear because, you know, I experience it too, don't let it stop you from doing things that you love, from doing the activities that bring you joy, because there are people out there who will always have your back. Recording in public is often legal, but legality doesn't always equal ethics. A lot of this content, when done non-consensually, is seen as exploitation. When you post some random kids on the internet who you do not know and secretly recorded for content for your little Tik Tok account that is sometimes monetized, that can be exploitative. And this problem is so easily fixed by blurring some faces or asking for consent. As a creator, though I am small, it is important to me that I protect the people that I share on my platform by any means. And if that means I have to take down a video because I made a mistake, I'm more than happy to do so. If it means I have to spend a few extra hours editing, blurring faces, and usernames to protect people, I will gladly do that because I would want someone to do that for me. Because my YouTube channel and my social media platforms are not above another human life. Just because someone exists in public doesn't mean they exist for the sole purpose of content. Sometimes people are are just alive, bro.

[00:32:54]Sometimes it is that god dang phone. But all right, enough out of me. Enough yapping. You made it to the end.

[00:33:00]Congratulations.

[00:33:02]But tell me what you guys think about this one. Do you have any opinions that are different than mine? Maybe any suggestions on how we should handle this or move forward >> as a society >> where technology is advancing faster than we can keep up with it. Let me know your big brain ideas down below. Also, um hello. Please, if you haven't, um check out my last video. I posted on a Tuesday and a lot of you guys uh didn't see it, didn't get the notification and YouTube didn't show it to you. So, if if you missed it and you want a little bit more content, um go go check it out, please. But have you guys ever been secretly recorded or have a fear of being secretly recorded because I do.

[00:33:45]Me, me, me. But anyways, thank you guys so much for watching. I really appreciate it. I'm in a lot of pain. My back hurts. My throat hurts. Like I said, I messed up the first time recording this video, so I'm pushing through. Huge shout out to my pat Stop right there, me. Um, if you guys don't mind, I'd like to advertise my Patreon.

[00:34:04]So, I finally got around to doing my Patreon and you can get all my epic videos at free and sometimes early like this video will be. Please feel free to go and, you know, g give me a little bit of a a follow over there. I do have a free tier. I have a free tier, too.

[00:34:21]>> Num num num.

[00:34:22]>> All right. Bye-bye members and my YouTube members and of course you guys.

[00:34:28]Well my little subscribers. As you can hear in my voice um it is fading quickly. Bye-bye vocals. If I didn't sound as uh you know energized. Oh god.

[00:34:38]It's it's because my voice is running away from me. So unfortunately uh this has all the yapping that that I can physically do today. So uh sometime next week