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Isn't that a TERRIBLE idea as you can run:

var fs = require('fs'); var content = fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd'); console.log(content+'');

or look into any other file?

You can, and you should feel free to give it a shot. Everything is running in its own sandbox, so there's no real issue with that.

That was one of the first things I tried when I found the service: https://tonicdev.com/drhayes/fun-with-fs