Device-to-device communication system with intermediated connection server to allow for user control of communication paths

A method for facilitating communications between two or more devices via a severable communications system, wherein the severable communications system provides for communications between devices using a device identifier that can be removed after communications, comprising:

• initiating, via a first user interface of a first device, a two-way communication between the first device and a second device, wherein the two-way communication is initiated by a first user of the first device, using a physical gesture of the first device directed to a second user of the second device;
• determining a first identifier, stored by the severable communications system, associated with the first device, wherein the first identifier is determined based on a device-specific identifier supplied by a device operating system of the first device;
• determining a second identifier, stored by the severable communications system, associated with the second device, wherein the second identifier is determined based on a device-specific identifier supplied by a device operating system of the second device;
• verifying, via the severable communications system, that the severable communications system has not received a previous request from either the first device or the second device to sever communications between the first identifier and the second identifier;
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• establishing, via the severable communications system, a communication channel based on the first identifier and the second identifier.