There is this guy I followed on X, he is very active with updates regarding Bitcoin, he trades most of the time and also shares his opinion on bitcoin moves. Just some days ago, he was robbed right in his home and his bank account was empty, the bitcoin and other crypto were emptied. From his screenshot, he stored his coins in the exchange which is the first red flag and showing off again on the internet is another red flag.
That is so regrettable and depressing, people are just so cruel that they can just rob someone of all their money and life savings. They have worked hard for it so instead of robbing them fully and taking from them, why don't you do the same? When someone has worked so hard to improve themselves and then someone comes along to take everything from them, it can be enough to make them consider suicide. Nobody has the right to steal from him, even if he behaved badly by failing to implement the best privacy standards. I believe he must’ve learned his lesson for not keeping his life private and i believe from now he would make changes and improve on that.
Don't share with people that you own a coin: There is joy when you tell friends about Bitcoin in other to encourage them or tell them about your journey but never tell them the amount you hold, the place you buy or how you store them. Some people have bad intentions even when you think they are your friends. Even if you save your Bitcoin in a hardware wallet that no one will access, you don't have to share everything with the public, it should remain private
There is definitely a special kind of feeling when you tell someone about bitcoin or owning a coin, especially when you are trying to encourage them to invest, but we still need to be careful with who we tell this to; tell only people you trust and, as the OP mentioned, never disclose the amount you own and, more importantly, never disclose where you store your assets because you never know who wishes you bad and has bad intentions towards you.
Worst of all, if you use social media to showcase your riches and talk about how much money you make, you could be targeted by crooks like this user from X. Many will learn from his mistakes, and many will understand why privacy is so vital in the crypto industry. Even outside of the crypto industry, anonymity is crucial since I recently heard about a musical artist who was robbed because his partner mistakenly revealed a detail of their location online. We currently live in a world where privacy is crucial, therefore we must take it seriously in all we do.
Learning to live a private life gives you good privacy: Some people don't value their privacy, they see it as nothing but in fact when you have high privacy, it will be impossible for people to know much about you, it will be impossible for people to know your next move and how you plan to move, nothing goods like much privacy.
People lack regard for privacy, they don't care about it, they don't perceive it as a serious issue, and this is sometimes the source of their issues. Living a low-key life is ideal, but some people want to brag about their riches and share what they own with the public, which is a poor practise in the cryptocurrency sector. No one will ever make you their target if you don't mention how much bitcoin you have, thus we should all learn from this story.
