It may be of the same order, but it is a different thing. No one, not even techies like here on HN, are going to see his actions as valid.

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bondarchuk 2 hours ago | parent [-]

He has to use a different method because obviously he does not have a backdoor into the prime minister's phone. The fact that "obviously wrong" invasive methods have to be used (now) to imitate something that the prime minister want to apply to every citizen (except himself and his buddies) in the future can be seen as part of the point.

	▲	gpvos 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but that also means he both goes too far (for people like me who might sympathize with him) and loses the connection with the original issue, creating his own communication problem. Yes, it is good and necessary to show politicians what they are doing to the citizens they are supposed to represent, but that does not justify all means.