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Who owns your booking system?

August 13, 2026August 12, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Most booking platforms have been bought by online travel conglomerates, private equity firms, or digital holding companies. The names stayed the same; the ownership, pricing, and data flows changed. Here’s who owns what now, and what it means for you.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you, Protect yourself

Web app security in plain language: the OWASP Top 10

August 13, 2026June 25, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Most of us learn web app security the hard way, after something breaks. Here’s the short, honest version: the free list that names the ten most common risks, a free tool to find them, and why awareness is the real protection.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you, Protect yourself

Is Wix a good idea for your small business? An honest look

August 13, 2026June 24, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Wix is the easy way to get a site up fast. The catch shows up later: you can’t take your site with you, you can’t switch templates, and the bill never stops. Here’s the honest trade-off, and what to do instead.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you

Is Square safe for your small business? A conduct check

August 13, 2026June 22, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Square is the easy default for selling in person, but its conduct record is specific and some of it hits your cash flow: a habit of freezing seller funds, nine figures in 2025 regulator fines, and a big data breach. Here’s how to take cards in person without it.

Categories Guides Tags Protect yourself

Where to register your domain (and who to avoid)

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Your domain is your address on the web, rented yearly from a registrar. Here’s who we send people to, the famous one we steer them away from, and the four behaviors that tell you who to trust.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you

Buy or build? How to decide, and what it really costs

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Every tool is a choice between renting and owning. Buying is low pain now and a bill forever; building is a sharper cost once, then quiet. Here’s how to choose on purpose, and why owning got cheap.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you

Who actually owns your mailing list?

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

A newsletter is really two jobs: holding your list and delivering the mail. Whoever holds the list controls it. Here’s how to keep your subscribers yours, and the setup we chose ourselves.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you, Protect yourself

Should you put your email address on your website?

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Putting your email address on your website hands it straight to spam bots. Here’s how to stay reachable without getting harvested, the tricks worth using, and the ones that just waste your time.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you

How to judge a tool by its conduct, not its logo

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

A familiar logo tells you a company spent money on marketing, not how it will treat you. Four plain questions, privacy, lock-in, labor, and independence, let you judge any tool by its conduct.

Categories Guides Tags Protect the people who trust you, Protect yourself

What actually makes a password strong

August 13, 2026June 20, 2026 by demo1@karmoxie.com

Most password advice is backwards. Length beats complexity, a password manager beats memorizing, and two-factor beats everything. Here’s the short, honest version of what keeps an account safe.

Categories Guides Tags Protect yourself
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