You gave your password to several companies and then freaked out when your account got accessed and assumed that someone camping outside your house must have cracked your WiFi connection and decided to wipe your computers while hardwired into your internet connection... I think Occam's razor applies here and the account was accessed by someone you gave the password to, though your paranoia is amusing.
It's pretty simple to keep someone out of your email, don't give anyone the password.
First, I'm not freaking out, nor am I paranoid. I clearly stated that I believe that the most likely explanation is to be found with the reputable applications I granted access to.
Of course if I suspect an intrusion, I'm going to ensure that proper action is taken to cover all of my bases. I was planning a cleanup of my laptop anyway, so I may as well do it now.
Don't read too much into my changing the password on a wired desktop. It was one of the computers at hand, so I went with the most secure option, however unlikely it may be to make a difference (doing so didn't require any extra effort on my part).
> It's pretty simple to keep someone out of your email, don't give anyone the password.
This will be a moot point when Google will implement OAuth for IMAP.
PS: At this point, I believe it was a legitimate access by Etacts.
It's pretty simple to keep someone out of your email, don't give anyone the password.