*67

67 English Proper noun en North America telephony The telephone number used to block caller ID. en September 17 1990 Network World Briefs Free caller ID blocking. The new feature will enable customers to hide their identification from caller ID by punching "*67" on push-button phones or dialing "1167" on rotary phones. en 2010 House of Representatives Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 Callers can block their Caller ID information on a per-call basis by dialling *67 before a call is made. en 2013 Steven Kerry Brown The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating 3 A *67 blocked call is reported to the receiving party's caller ID as a "private call". Coordinate terms en \*69 311 411 811 911 Verb \*67s \*67ing \*67ed en North America telephony transitive intransitive To use the telephone number prefix to block caller ID. en September 20 1993 comp.society.privacy David Lesher Caller ID/ANI Thread I seem to recall that a Rochecter Tel sub called the 800-stopper ANI #, and got readback, then "*67"ed, and called again - this time NOT getting one. https://groups.google.com/g/comp.society.privacy/c/nnWnIxz4HH0/m/TG2ydYEubz8J en 1994 March Hackle-b3rry phin Brotherhood of Warez Keeping a low profile on UNIX systems 3 [The NSA has] this dude who writes down all the numbers that pop up on the caller-id display. Don't forget to *67!!! en 2010 Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker Robin Palmer [H]ow about *67ing him? That's what [she] does when she likes someone. en Telephony