As an aside -- another interesting manifestation of this Trump-like behavior, and this is the clearest case that I have seen, are the multiple times when Hillary literally seizes on camera and plays it off as if it never happened.
It's meant to listen locally all the time. If Google/Amazon wanted to be evil and snoop on us it would take exactly the same amount of effort.
Besides, many phones listen all the time too.
The only real difference is that the Echo has better microphones than your phone and is powered on all the time so you don't have to worry about battery life. On the other hand you probably say more sensitive things to your phone.
It would be funny to let it listen to a Numbers Station[1] all day long. If they are actually listening and processing, it might make for a fun feedback loop particularly of any theories about those stations are true.
or setup your own number station from a russian VPS and waste millions of tax dollars as intelligence agencies around the globe try to crack your garbage data
"You're violating our anti-AI confusion End User Agreement, so you are banned for life from Google. Anyone associate d with you will have their GMail account deleted as well. Please contact Google support if have any questions".
Additionally, not having a way to prepare healthy meals nor exercise regularly leads to a steady decrease in health.
All these factors culminate into a hellish experience in which you regularly face defeat and look for an escape, something you can control, like drugs, alcohol, or death.
It specifically mentioned "[his] girlfriend". Although potentially cringe-worthy, there was no generalization. The contents could have been entirely factual.
Edit: downvotes yet this is patently true. She ordered her followers to "get him" in reference to Milo.
Edit 2: I was mistaken about the individual she directed her followers to "get", it was a user by the handle of @whitebecky1776.
Edit3: I stand by my claim of her incitement to violence.