When I click on the second link in my last sentence, my preferred plating shop in Houston shows up first on the Google Maps, and is the second website in its list of suggestions.

A malicious site could, for example, see your location data from a Google Maps tab, ... The researchers disclosed SLAP to Apple on May 24, 2024, and FLOP on September 3, 2024.

Google Maps navigation privacy. There’s no point blocking Google Maps from crowdsourcing your location data. You might be better off using a different navigation app, if you’re uncomfortable.