That’s a property of how you use it. You can use cash in private, or even without being anywhere near the recipient (for example, by mailing it). You can carry out a Bitcoin transaction while next to the recipient in public if you want.

This is another example of how people don’t think of it properly. Sending Bitcoin to some stranger online is basically equivalent to mailing them cash (minus the chance of having the letter stolen). Most of us would understand that mailing cash to a stranger is probably a bad idea, but Bitcoin is used differently.