If I knew companies were recording my screen constantly I would just quit and save everyone the trouble of them getting on my case for not coding 100% of the time.
I know my screen can be checked at my current client, but I also know the product owners don't really care as long as the work is getting done on time (or at least they haven't bugged me about it since I've starting working with them a year ago and have given very positive reviews about me to my company).
Screen recording probably won’t take off in this context, luckily.
I think employers would be more interested in basic things like “did this person login their computer today, between what times were they active, how many hours in the day did they type at least 100 words?” … or things like “here’s a list of people on PTO today, which people not on this list haven’t typed on their keyboard today?”
That sort of data would be easy to collect - keyloggers have been around forever, doesn’t trigger MacOS to show the “recording screen” notification, and the data is easier to aggregate and view across a large number of computers.
I think the fact that keylogging didn’t explode as a method of tracking productivity during Covid WFH probably means we’re safe from screen recording for the foreseeable future.
I know my screen can be checked at my current client, but I also know the product owners don't really care as long as the work is getting done on time (or at least they haven't bugged me about it since I've starting working with them a year ago and have given very positive reviews about me to my company).