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0 pointsFiloSottile5y ago0 comments

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?

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keyme5y ago

You can extract it yourself.

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.

That's disappointing, thank you for the link.

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.

> authenticate via SMS

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

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