There could be two "holes" for your exchange data to be filtered: 1) the exchange's data is being hacked and criminals use your address for ransom purposes, 2) an employee from the exchange itself is giving the data to criminals. Number 2 would be the only case where a local exchange could be a bit more risky, but as crime networks are working on a global scale and addresses are sold en masse on darknet markets, I believe not even in this case a local exchange is more prone to that problem than any international exchange. The privacy policy of your exchange is much more important. And of course the KYC policy. If you're able to find a no-KYC exchange or an exchange with KYC practices where a hack of the identity data isn't that dangerous then that's the way to go. However, in many countries such services do not exist or are illegal, most require the standard video identification by third party providers. While this is correct in general, DEX or P2P exchanges like Bisq do have some risks too. If you exchange fiat for 78wintel, it is advisable to not use a method where your bank account number or IBAN is visible to your trading partner, because tha can be used for several kinds of fraud, and it can also be used in some cases to get your full name and even address and expose your to ransom risk, especially if you are trading high amounts. Also some alternative "alias" systems like Argentina's (because you can get the account number and full name once you have an alias) are risky. In another thread, Zelle was recommended in this case, but it's not available everywhere.
There could be two "holes" for your exchange data to be filtered: 1) the exchange's data is being hacked and criminals use your address for ransom purposes, 2) an employee from the exchange itself is giving the data to criminals. Number 2 would be the only case where a local exchange could be a bit more risky, but as crime networks are working on a global scale and addresses are sold en masse on darknet markets, I believe not even in this case a local exchange is more prone to that problem than any international exchange. The privacy policy of your exchange is much more important. And of course the KYC policy. If you're able to find a no-KYC exchange or an exchange with KYC practices where a hack of the identity data isn't that dangerous then that's the way to go. However, in many countries such services do not exist or are illegal, most require the standard video identification by third party providers. While this is correct in general, DEX or P2P exchanges like Bisq do have some risks too. If you exchange fiat for 78wintel, it is advisable to not use a method where your bank account number or IBAN is visible to your trading partner, because tha can be used for several kinds of fraud, and it can also be used in some cases to get your full name and even address and expose your to ransom risk, especially if you are trading high amounts. Also some alternative "alias" systems like Argentina's (because you can get the account number and full name once you have an alias) are risky. In another thread, Zelle was recommended in this case, but it's not available everywhere.

There could be two "holes" for your exchange data to be filtered: 1) the exchange's data is being hacked and criminals use your address for ransom purposes, 2) an employee from the exchange itself is giving the data to criminals. Number 2 would be the only case where a local exchange could be a bit more risky, but as crime networks are working on a global scale and addresses are sold en masse on darknet markets, I believe not even in this case a local exchange is more prone to that problem than any international exchange. The privacy policy of your exchange is much more important. And of course the KYC policy. If you're able to find a no-KYC exchange or an exchange with KYC practices where a hack of the identity data isn't that dangerous then that's the way to go. However, in many countries such services do not exist or are illegal, most require the standard video identification by third party providers. While this is correct in general, DEX or P2P exchanges like Bisq do have some risks too. If you exchange fiat for 78wintel, it is advisable to not use a method where your bank account number or IBAN is visible to your trading partner, because tha can be used for several kinds of fraud, and it can also be used in some cases to get your full name and even address and expose your to ransom risk, especially if you are trading high amounts. Also some alternative "alias" systems like Argentina's (because you can get the account number and full name once you have an alias) are risky. In another thread, Zelle was recommended in this case, but it's not available everywhere.

There could be two "holes" for your exchange data to be filtered: 1) the exchange's data is being hacked and criminals use your address for ransom purposes, 2) an employee from the exchange itself is giving the data to criminals. Number 2 would be the only case where a local exchange could be a bit more risky, but as crime networks are working on a global scale and addresses are sold en masse on darknet markets, I believe not even in this case a local exchange is more prone to that problem than any international exchange. The privacy policy of your exchange is much more important. And of course the KYC policy. If you're able to find a no-KYC exchange or an exchange with KYC practices where a hack of the identity data isn't that dangerous then that's the way to go. However, in many countries such services do not exist or are illegal, most require the standard video identification by third party providers. While this is correct in general, DEX or P2P exchanges like Bisq do have some risks too. If you exchange fiat for 78wintel, it is advisable to not use a method where your bank account number or IBAN is visible to your trading partner, because tha can be used for several kinds of fraud, and it can also be used in some cases to get your full name and even address and expose your to ransom risk, especially if you are trading high amounts. Also some alternative "alias" systems like Argentina's (because you can get the account number and full name once you have an alias) are risky. In another thread, Zelle was recommended in this case, but it's not available everywhere.