I have a friend who can no longer do air travel without being harrassed by security and border control.
Why? He has a pretty common name, and it just so happens that one of the January 6 rioters who ...
If it's a common name then the security/border will surely take that into account. I assume your friend doesn't share the same birthdate as the Jan 6th rioter & certainly won't have the same passport number. I don't see why he'd get that much hassle, doesn't make sense esp. with a common name