They had to ask permission at install though in the old (pre-Marshmallow) system. That system had many issues but you could just choose not to install something

They had to ask permission at install though in the old (pre-Marshmallow) system. That system had many issues but you could just choose not to install something that requested internet and didn't need it. Google have gone the same way as Apple with Marshmallow though and apps can access internet without permission in the new system - INTERNET is a 'normal' permission automatically granted. [0] [0] http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/normal-permissions.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/normal-pe...