star-69
Return unknown call
Star-69 is a telephone service code that, when dialed, automatically calls back the last number that called your phone.
It was widely used in the United States and Canada before caller ID became standard, allowing people to identify or return missed calls.
The feature gained cultural notoriety as a way to catch prank callers or verify suspicious calls.
Someone kept calling and hanging up, so I star-69'd them.
Repeat a call
- caller-IDFeature showing incoming numbers
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- unmaskReveal true identity
- anonymousOf unknown origin
reveal · harasser · telephone · landline · missed-call · hang-up
Stationary wired telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- touch-toneButton-based phone system
- 1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
- BellNotable family name
analog · operator · directory · payphone · long-distance
Obsessive, unwelcome follower
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
privacy · block · screen · safety · victim · perpetrator · intimidation · protection
redial
Repeat a call
anonymous · reveal · harasser · telephone · landline · missed-call · hang-up
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- touch-toneButton-based phone system
- 1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
Bell · analog · operator · directory · payphone · long-distance
stalker
Obsessive, unwelcome follower
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
documentation · privacy · block · screen · safety · victim · perpetrator · intimidation · protection · law-enforcement