Mobile media is a chief driver of digitizing locational information, geotags, and photos that are produced and collected as we communicate with and exist within our networks. But when these data are stored and recorded—in quantities that far exceed any of our abilities to manage—mobile technology denies our ability to actively forget. This article argues that digital ephemerality via mobile applications (i.e. Snapchat, Signal, Confide, and Facebook Messenger Secret) has emerged because of the granular possibilities for data retention enabled by mobile devices. Together these applications move towards a practice of preventing data from being stored and shared. In response, “data prevention” is proposed as an ethical framework for ephemeral mobile media, and is theorized with an eye toward the distributed agency inherent to networks. This ethics is positioned within a framework of distributed agency across stakeholders that draws most directly from actor–network theory, and three commonly articulated values—trust, transparency, and privacy—are proposed. These values help to define a system of networked practices within ephemeral mobile media that requires consideration of both human and non-human actors. Building sustainable ephemeral technologies necessitates aligning shared values amongst divergent stakeholders. The article concludes by motioning to LIMITS research, where data prevention might be included, linking and further intensifying shared values across technical and social concerns.

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作为数据预防的短暂性：短暂移动媒体的伦理价值

移动媒体是将位置信息、地理标签和照片数字化的主要驱动力，这些信息是在我们与网络通信和存在于网络中时产生和收集的。但是，当这些数据被存储和记录时——其数量远远超过我们的管理能力——移动技术否定了我们主动遗忘的能力。本文认为，通过移动应用程序（即 Snapchat、Signal、Confide 和 Facebook Messenger Secret）实现的数字临时性已经出现，因为移动设备支持数据保留的细粒度可能性。这些应用程序一起朝着防止数据被存储和共享的实践发展。作为回应，“数据预防”被提议作为临时移动媒体的道德框架，并着眼于网络固有的分布式代理进行理论化。这种道德定位在利益相关者之间的分布式代理框架内，该框架最直接地借鉴了参与者网络理论，并提出了三个共同表达的价值观——信任、透明度和隐私。这些价值观有助于在短暂的移动媒体中定义一个网络实践系统，该系统需要同时考虑人类和非人类行为者。构建可持续的临时技术需要在不同的利益相关者之间协调共同的价值观。文章最后提出 LIMITS 研究，其中可能包括数据预防，链接并进一步加强跨技术和社会问题的共享价值观。和隐私——被提议。这些价值观有助于在短暂的移动媒体中定义一个网络实践系统，该系统需要同时考虑人类和非人类行为者。构建可持续的临时技术需要在不同的利益相关者之间协调共同的价值观。文章最后提出 LIMITS 研究，其中可能包括数据预防，链接并进一步加强跨技术和社会问题的共享价值观。和隐私——被提议。这些价值观有助于在短暂的移动媒体中定义一个网络实践系统，该系统需要同时考虑人类和非人类行为者。构建可持续的临时技术需要在不同的利益相关者之间协调共同的价值观。文章最后提出 LIMITS 研究，其中可能包括数据预防，链接并进一步加强跨技术和社会问题的共享价值观。