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.

> Think about why do governments want to ban encryption? Because they want to know everything about you all the time.

Or, say, because they want a judicial warrant to be sufficient for obtaining someone's information without their consent?

> Collecting information on someone such as their location is of the same order.

Huh? This sounds crazy.