exactly, it's completely decentralized - as long as you get access to your private keys, you can also spend the currency - and you can store your keys not just online or on digital media, so the "taking away" part is hard to implement - the primary weakness are going to be the exchanges, because they're acting as the interface and they are the "central" and non-anonymous part of the whole system, which is however essential to actually see a crypto-currency adopted.
(note: what i say next is not legal advice, just a tip)
stick to the under 1k FIAT per person per day rule and localbitcoins, bitcoin otc will have no issues as there no ID required and no regulation, as its classed as personal transactions not business transactions