René Mayrhofer
Professor at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Linz, Upper Austria
Summary
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SeniorRené Mayrhofer is a professor of networks and security at Johannes Kepler University Linz with over 20 years of experience tackling secure communication, digital identity, and network privacy. He combines academic leadership as head of the Institute for Networks and Security with practical impact from his role as Principal Software Architect/Engineer for Android Platform Security at Google (advisory). René focuses on privacy-first, decentralized solutions and threat mitigation—including insider attacks—often demonstrating feasibility through research prototypes and public advocacy against mass surveillance and #ChatControl. His work bridges rigorous research, platform security engineering, and public education via talks, open letters, and technical prototypes. Based in Linz, Austria, he also consults on security and maintains an active presence sharing his technical interests beyond LinkedIn. An unexpected thread in his profile is a sustained interdisciplinary curiosity spanning physics, philosophy, and politics, which informs his approach to security and privacy.
20 years of coding experience
Github Skills (53)
distributor10
strongswan10
captive-portal10
bank10
logging10
versioning10
nodejs10
vpn9
ips9
proxy9
firewall9
opnsense9
api9
identity-framework9
backend9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vyos-legacy/vyatta-strongswan
May 2006 - Jul 2011
Vyatta Strongswan
Contributions:260 commits in 5 years 2 months
strongswan
rmayr/rediffusion
Dec 2021 - Oct 2025
Wolsey Bank's distributor
Contributions:2717309 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 11 months
banknodejsdistributor
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