Ugh. The real problem here is the pervasive negative attitude towards anybody of Arabic or Islamic background in the USA. But, given that we have to (at least for now) live with that unfortunate fact, this really does raise issues about problems of “too much information”.

The name of the cab driver, ideally, *shouldn't* be something that's considered particular “secure”, or information that should be carefully watched. And, as an open kind of guy, I think, hey, why not share it? But, given that people are going to be reacting this way, and given that I don't see any reason why the cab driver's name is NEEDED, then the ap should probably be updated not to include that information. (It probably does need to include *some* identifying information, such as car number, so that people can be sure they're completing the right hookup.)

I don't know what general conclusions do draw about this, but probably you shouldn't transmit any more information than is needed for any given application… because additional information may be then misused.