I believe the topic speaks volume for itself as it is already self explanatory.
This question was born out of a real life experience where a petty trader was publicly harassed by some uniformed security personnels claiming to be some police officers and after some investigations the security personnels claimed that the woman aided some criminal activities as well as some internet fraud simply because she made her private exchanges public and the government as some point also frowns at the use of bitcoin in my country.
Now my worries is that, this singular act has driven alot of fear to some low key bitcoin holders in my neighborhood even myself and there are shops I hope in town that operate physical exchanges.
~Do you think those dealers are safe?
~And what's the fate of physical cryptocurrency exchanges(r) in your country?
Let's discuss
I've not seen any physical exchange in my locality but I have come across a topic on Bitcointalk where someone from my country shared a snapshot of a physical crypto shop where one can trade cryptocurrency. Personally, I would not trade with such exchange because I'm concerned about my privacy and security. One can always exchange crypto assets through online exchange or P2P services from the comfort of his home, so why would I want to go to a physical store or meet someone I don't know from anywhere and possibly get myself in trouble? One could even get robbed or lost his life in such places. Because of the level of risk involved I would distance myself from such places and not take part in any form of physical cryptocurrency trading.