Is it still safe to run npm as root?

[varnav]

I've found some old issue (#294), and looks like that in version 0.3.0 some security mechanisms were implemented, that make npm to be safe (or maybe even safer) if run as root.
Is it still true today? Is running as root safe? Is it recommended?

[Nicholaiii]

Running npm as root is in my opinion always undesirable. Same goes even more for node, which in some cases have to be run as root, if installed as root.

[varnav]

Note: npm >=0.3 is safer when using sudo.

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