I suspect a vast conspiracy, look at this email I got

Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account, marksninetyeight@gmail.com. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:18:21 PM GMT
IP Address: 58.22.173.181
Location: Ningde, Fujian, China
If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw

If this was you, and you want to give this application access to your account, complete the troubleshooting steps listed at http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login

Sincerely,
The Google Accounts Team