Actually, incidents like this do not only happen to people who invest in crypto, because there have been many other incidents that are related to what is called the act of holding and kidnapping. This all happened, of course, because the person who was kidnapped was a rich man, but by chance his wealth was obtained from the result of having crypto assets. But about your opinion regarding keeping crypto assets secret from other people, I think it's okay to tell other people. But on condition, that person is someone who is really very close, then don't tell in detail, and only tell if that person asks first. But even then, if you really believe in the person you want to tell, if you're not sure, keeping it secret is also fine. Because keeping it secret is indeed a safer zone. And in essence, all investors in crypto must be more careful, because crime will always exist in this world, the most important thing is that we all have to be more vigilant.
That's what I'm wondering, people always talk about keeping crypto investments secret for fear of being kidnapped, stolen... but what about assets like gold and fiat? What about valuables? Will they keep it a secret or show it off everywhere?
You are right, not only with bitcoin but with all our assets we should keep it secret. Do not arbitrarily brag to anyone, especially to strangers on social networks.
I think that is always a bit of fear and rumors people like to talk about. Surely there were some people in this world that lost their lives because others wanted to steal their crypto, but can't we say the same thing for everything else. Hell if we are talking about fiat, it's a physical object so people could literally stop you on the road and steal your money, and you would not be able to do anything, at least with crypto there is nothing like that.
Today if a robber stops me on the road, the most they could ever steal from me would be 10-20 bucks, aside from that I would have nothing, maybe my phone as well which I have some sensitive info but nothing that would profit them at all. So all in all I would guess it's not a bad idea to keep it on bitcoin.