Read private variable from different contract in Solidity

Question

I know that if I use the web3 family of libraries, I can use

web3.eth.getStorageAt

to read any variable I like directly from the storage of a smart contract. Is there a way to do this from a smart contract directly in Solidity as well (without using an Oracle that just runs web3.eth.getStorageAt)? I assume not, as that would defeat the purpose of having access modifiers in Solidity at all in my opinion, however just want to make sure.

Answer 1

Yes, that's correct - you can only read storage from within your contract. See this for more details

Can a contract access another contract's storage?