{"id":55655,"date":"2026-01-12T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/?p=55655"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:28:01","slug":"so-sah-signal-im-jahr-2016-aus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/de\/blog\/this-is-what-signal-looked-like-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"So sah Signal im Jahr 2016 aus."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In den sozialen Medien posten gerade viele Menschen pl\u00f6tzlich ein Foto von sich selbst von vor zehn Jahren. Zur\u00fcck ins Jahr 2016. Ein anderes Smartphone, eine andere Frisur \u2013 und vielleicht dachtest du damals noch, dass WhatsApp wirklich gut f\u00fcr deine Privatsph\u00e4re ist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Werfen wir ebenfalls einen Blick zur\u00fcck ins Jahr 2016. Nicht, weil damals alles besser war, sondern einfach aus einer Portion Nostalgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signal im Jahr 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So sah das Signal-Logo im Jahr 2016 aus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5fcac7fe4c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5fcac7fe4c\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"525\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-messenger-2016-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/files\/signal-messenger-2016-logo.png 740w, 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Neugierig, wie Signal heute aussieht? Dann <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/install\">lade Signal \u00fcber die offiziellen Kan\u00e4le herunter<\/a> auf dein Smartphone, deinen PC, Laptop oder dein iPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bist du neugierig auf die Zukunft? <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutsignal.com\/de\/news\/was-kommt-als-naechstes-fuer-signal-im-jahr-2026-diese-praktischen-features-kommen-bald\/\">Dann lies unsere Vorschau f\u00fcr Signal im Jahr 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informiert bleiben<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00f6chtest du die neuesten Signal Neuigkeiten, Tipps und Updates erhalten? 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