Hm… the only tor-anything I’ve downloaded is the browser, unless you count trying wasabi wallet and sparrow which I also now understand has a Tor component. Re: VPN/firewall, it’s a basic VPN (think Nord, Mullvad, proton) and no firewall enabled, never touched my router settings, etc.

Is there an easy way to find out whether I have Tor daemon (or is that the “version” that comes boxed up with sparrow)?

I‘ll try disabling the vpn just to reduce variables - but once I’m done with this browsing/other general online activity session, just to stick to best practices

Thanks for all your help 🙏