After iOS 17 update we are receiving each other’s voicemails on our iPhone

thexsmom wrote:

Considering my husband is now getting my voicemails from my doctors off with medical information creating a HIPAA violation, Apple needs to rethink this

No, it's not a HIPPA violation. Its by your doing, when you share the same Apple ID with someone else. Throughout this thread are links explaining why Apple wants each user to have their own Apple ID, how to set up Family Sharing to share things like Apps, Storage, etc.

Of course, you can tell Apple What you think they should rethink, by using this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

dwaeltz wrote:

My husband and I have shared an apple id for many many years and never had an issue until this update. I tried a few things I google but nothing is working. At this point, it is difficult and challenging for one of us to create a new apple id. Just saying.

Sunk costs are a thing, too. And these erroneously-shared configuration such as this one only get more entangled the longer it goes on. As mentioned earlier, here are some previous discussions with tips about disentangling an erroneously-shared Apple ID:

… Apple ID - Apple Community

… Stop sharing Apple ID with wife - Apple Community

I just got out of a chat with Apple support, and they have confirmed what others have said already.

IOS 17 Apple IDs are not meant to be shared, Apple has no intention or desire of segragating voicemail’s by phone number, and will distribute to anyone associated on the Apple ID.

This is mind boggling, but their intent.

JeffCJC wrote:

IOS 17 Apple IDs are not meant to be shared, Apple has no intention or desire of segragating voicemail’s by phone number, and will distribute to anyone associated on the Apple ID.

This is mind boggling, but their intent.

Not mind boggling at all; logging in with your AppleID creates one unified environment, which is why you can make or take calls from your iPad or Mac as well.

Tom73NM wrote:

Was hoping that IOS 17.2 might cure this issue but no such luck.

Log your feedback with Apple: Product Feedback - Apple

Or stop sharing an Apple ID, of course.

LoveSpaceship wrote:

Same here! We definitely will not create a new ID would be a mess.

It doesn't have to be a mess:

How to “unshare” an Apple ID - Apple Community

marthabill wrote:

We’re having the same problem! For years we’ve shared our AppleID so we could sync our calendars and contacts, but sharing voicemail is NOT what either of us wants. I thought Apple was into privacy. This is annoying and they need to fix it!

Indeed, Apple is most definitely into privacy, which is why for years they have told people that sharing an Apple ID is the exact opposite of private. If you want privacy, you need to stop sharing the same Apple ID with someone. It is you who is doing the exact opposite of privacy.

That's because the only way to ensure your data is not cross contaminated is to stop sharing an ID.

That is the ONLY acceptable solution. Apple has stated since the very beginning that IDs should NOT be shared.

You chose to disregard that. You have been extremely lucky not to have run into serious problems before now.

Nothing is going to change with the next update. Apple is very firm about not sharing an Apple ID, and if anything there will be more negative consequences to sharing in the future, in addition to the current ones of many functions not working the way they would be expected to work. that’s in addition to the security vulnerabilities, such as not being able to hide anything from any of the other user(s) of the Apple ID (gift lists, perhaps? photos, texts, emails, web sites visited…)

And shared Apple IDs are just LOVED by divorce lawyers.

HoopSTB wrote:

LISTEN TO YOUR CLIENTS APPLE!!!

Apple isn't here. This is a user to user only forum. Apple has been advising users to NOT share an Apple ID for more than a decade. Whether you choose to listen or not, is up to you, but don't count on Apple listening to you on this subject.

If you want to tell Apple what they need to do, you can do so here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

You’re not talking to Apple. This is a user forum. We can’t do anything about it at all.

STOP sharing an ID. Just because you managed to do it without problems for years doesn’t mean you can continue to ignore Apple’s explicit recommendations NOT to share an ID and get away without problems indefinitely.

No it wasn't working properly before and Apple has fixed the problem in iOS 17 and it will operate like this going forward.

Apple is not going to "back out" something that makes the product work as it always should have as evidenced by:

Make sure that each family member has a unique Apple ID - Apple Support

Doxeez wrote:

how to fix

Stop sharing an Apple ID.

Tom73NM wrote:

Wonder how many would have stayed with IOS16 if they knew the changes being made in this area with 17. I think I would have stayed as I have not seen enough “good” stuff in 17 to offset this problem.

I never saw any announcements from Apple about this change.

Access to your own data and sharing your own settings across all of your own devices is a useful and desirable behavior. This ubiquitous access has long been a longstanding and fundamental part of iCloud, and of Apple ID security and privacy more generally. And with per-person Apple IDs, this all just works.

Mail rules, focus settings, message conversations, photos, universal access, calendars and contacts, all sorts of stuff is available to yourself across your devices and Macs. If it’s not currently shared (and makes sense to share it across your own Apple ID), I’d expect to find it shared in some future version, too.

Sharing an Apple ID gets all of this conflated.

I do wish there was an easier way to disentangle a shared Apple ID, though.

TheArsenal77 wrote:

I’m having this issue as wel though slightly different. I have a Verizon iPhone as a personal phone and a ATT iPhone as a work phone. Now all my work calls and voicemails are coming to my personal phone! No way to turn that off? It’s very intrusive.

Not if they both use the same Apple ID.