It might be similar to the difference between burglary and aggravated burglary - the method used to commit the crime has a bearing on how seriously it is punished.

I imagine it could have some implications when discussing the level of pre-mediatation as well. For example, if you were doing the tech equivalent of a 'crime of passion', then having set up multiple layers of proxy servers will undo your 'spur of the moment' defense.