[pfisch]

So you should just become a malicious actor and actually break the law? Good plan.

[loup-vaillant]

Becoming a malicious actor, no. Looking like one, definitely. Break the law, most probably. Also, I would rather threaten to publish if I did this for real.

It's risky and scary, but also the right thing to do in some cases.

You could also fail to report at all, and let their ship sink. Maybe they deserved it.

[Duplicated]

What difference does it make if the outcome is the same?

[imhoguy]

Not the outcome for the informer in case one gets caught and accused of threatening for ransom.