Is there a way to access Google Drive without giving them my phone number?

I got invited to a video game beta from someone, who sent me a Google Drive link to get access. I haven't used Google Drive in years, but I have an account with my old AOL email. Apparently now they require a phone number verification to log in, because when I selected "don't have number" or whatever, they said "sorry, try again later." (As a side note I also got an email saying that "someone used my email address to …

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