[FiloSottile]

That page doesn't say that, and "tied to the phone number" sounds like they will only give you the key if you can authenticate via SMS.

Do you have a better cite or did you check directly recently?

[keyme]

You can extract it yourself.

https://github.com/YuriCosta/WhatsApp-GD-Extractor-Multithre...

I do not vouch for this repo, but it gets the job done.

The only creds required are your Google account creds. No per-user whatsapp keys necessary.

[FiloSottile]

That's disappointing, thank you for the link.

[beagle3]

https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa (among other tools) appears to download it from Google without requiring any key from facebook or a rooted device.

I haven't tried this specific tool yet (or others recently) but it was definitely possible in the past without requiring any key from FB/WA.

[londons_explore]

> authenticate via SMS

It's now "authenticate via SMS and pin (if enabled), or authenticate via SMS and wait 7 days (if pin enabled)"