*67

See also: 67

English

Proper noun

*67

1. (Canada, US, telephony) The telephone number used to block caller ID.
   • 1990 September 17, “Briefs”, in Network World:

     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.

   • 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.

   • 2013, Steven Kerry Brown, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 3 edition:

     A *67 blocked call is reported to the receiving party's caller ID as a "private call".

Coordinate terms

• *69
• 311
• 411
• 811
• 911

 

Verb

*67 (third-person singular simple present *67s, present participle *67ing, simple past and past participle *67ed)

1. (Canada, US, telephony) To use the telephone number prefix to block caller ID.
   • 1993 September 20, David Lesher, “Caller ID/ANI Thread”, in comp.society.privacy‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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.

   • 1994 March, Hackle-b3rry phin, “Keeping a low profile on UNIX systems”, in Brotherhood of Warez, volume 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!!!

   • 2010, Robin Palmer, Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker:

     [H]ow about *67ing him? That's what [she] does when she likes someone.