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Do uncontacted peoples have a right to privacy?

I've been reading some of the wikis about the uncontacted peoples of the world and the often repeated attempts to establish contact with a a number of them even after being rebuffed (sometimes violently). Do these peoples have a right to complete privacy and isolation? Or is it unethical to deprive them of the "benefits" of civilisation?

There's also the question of the disease and decadence that reintegrated tribes are often unable to cope with, and the inevitable erosion of their cultures. But that isn't the focus of my question.

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