Non-genuine charger - dangerous?

I bought a desktop cradle for my N95 8GB off of Ebay, and it works well. My only concern is that the charger it comes with is not a genuine Nokia product, and obviously I don't want to fry my battery.
It charges normally, and when full the phone says "battery full". What I want to know is, is the over-charging protection located in the phone or the charger? The phone obviously detects that it's full, does it then dispose of the incoming voltage appropriately or is this normally (i.e. with a genuine charger) dropped by the charger itself when it detects a certain level of voltage on the phone's battery (i.e. its full)?
I am pretty sure the phone would take care of this, but I want to make sure my phone isn't sitting there with excess voltage hurting the battery while I'm in the office all day...
Thanks
Yage

I'm pretty sure it's the charger itself (Genuine Charger), But i'm not sure about the charger you've bought.
Message Edited by 6280 on 18-Feb-2008 11:39 AM
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