I have SSL/TLS for all my accounts set to always in k9's account settings.. 
but just recently I connected to an insecure proxy(tor). When connecting to 
an insecure proxy I never do anything that might expose any of my passwords 
because I do know there are people who might monitor packets on the other 
side. Except this time I accidentally manually synced my k9 mail(force of 
habit kicked in). 2 minutes later I get notifications from google saying 
that fraudulent attempts to access my accounts have been blocked.

I was completely confused until I saw I was still connected to the proxy.. 
so I turned on 2 factor authentication on all of my accounts, and changed 
the passwords for a few of them(I knew they couldn't get in anyway for the 
few I didn't change). So I watched my text messages for my accounts which 
didn't have their passwords changed and someone just kept trying to get in 
for the next couple of hours/days at random intervals.

My main concern is why the heck is this possible? If SSL is enabled doesn't 
that mean my passwords are encrypted during transmission? Anyone 
intercepting packets "should" see nothing but gibberish, right?? But then 
how are they able to keep trying to get into my account?

Would someone please explain this to me?

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